Police in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental investigating the real cause of death of 8 year old child who allegedly commit suicide

Miami
August 13, 2008
Story 1: Police in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental investigating the real cause of death of 8 year old child who allegedly commit suicide

Police investigators in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental are not contended that the cause of death of an 8-year old boy was due to suicide.

According to Chief Inspector Jefferson Descallar, Chief of Police of CadizCity in Negros Occidental they will invite the father of the victim after hearing from media reports that the father is doubtful on the real reason of his son’s death.

Descallar even said that they would request the father to allow them to have their son be autopsy to know the real cause of his death.

The alleged suicide of the 8-year old boy happened last August 11, 2008 Monday at the kitchen of their residence in Sitio Sta. Cruz, barangay Banquerohan, Cadiz City. The victim was identified as Joey Valencia, grade 1 student from Pedro E. Ramos elementary school.

The incident occurred at around 4:30 pm. Descallar said, the mother, Emee, told them the child came home from school before 4:00 pm and asked permission from her that he will join his friends to play volleyball and the mother did not allow the child and asked him to study instead. “She also told us that she spanked his son because the child is insisting that he wants to play, after she spank him she left the house.”

But, Desacallar also added there were inconsistencies already from the mother, “When the mother was interviewed by the local media in their province, Emme told them that her son wanted to play bird trap and she did not allow him. We can see here that the mother has different statements and inconsistencies are already coming in.”

The mother left their house at around 4:00 pm to go to their neighbours’ house. Then upon returning to the house at around 5:00 pm she saw that his son already hanging on their kitchen.

Descallar said they were not able to see the real situation of the crime scene because the crime scene already contaminated.

Based on their initial investigation, the mother told the police that the child hanged himself with the use of a leather belt. “But on the opinion of the doctor from Don Bernardo Hospital also in Cadiz City, the markings on the neck of the child is not from a belt but from a rope, because the markings is so thin and would not match the width of the belt which the width is 1 1/2 inch,” Descallar said.

He added that they would invite the father to ask some questions on why he is doubtful of the alleged suicide of his son. The police said they would want to know if there is a foul play. “The mother is the last person who saw her son and first person who saw her child hanging, that is why the police also said that the investigation will really start with the mother.

The father was in San Carlos City, Negros occidental when the incident happened, about two hours away from Cadiz and working as a construction worker.