BY IVY TEJANO
Members of the Police Regional Office (PRO) in Davao are investigating the deaths of a 14-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy in two provinces in the region last Sunday.
Police said the girl’s body was found hanging outside her house at around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday in Barangay New Visayas in Montevista town in Davao de Oro. The incident was reported to the police a by concerned citizen.
When Montevista police led by Lt. Tomas Claro Jr. arrived in the area, the body of the victim had already been lifted by her 16-year-old brother who tried to revive her.
Initial investigation showed that the girl allegedly ended her life after she and her boyfriend broke up. This, however, has yet to be confirmed.
On the same day at around 10 a.m., a 15-year-old boy was also found lifeless hanging in his room while embracing his self-learning modular paraphernalia in Barangay Buhangin in Malita town, Davao Occidental.
Responding police led by Pat. James Libertad said that the body of the boy was found by his eight-year-old brother.
Police learned that prior to the incident, the victim was told by his mother to finish his activities in the module. (Ivy Tejano)
