BY LIEZLE BASA INIGO
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – A graduating architecture student depressed over his unpublished book and his aborted trip to Japan allegedly hanged himself inside his house in Barangay Poblacion on Wednesday night.
Major Arturo Melchor, Pangasinan Provincial Police Office spokesperson, said the victim, John Mark Jose, 23, was declared dead on arrival at Lingayen District Hospital.
Victim’s mother, Modelyn Jose, 65, discovered her son hanging in the kitchen with an electric wire looped around his neck.
Probers said the victim’s family discovered Jose’s suicide note written on his personal laptop, indicating that he was depressed over his failure to publish his book and his long delayed Japan trip. (Liezle Basa Inigo)