CEBU CITY – A 29-year-old farmer was arrested as a suspect in the gruesome killing of a 17-year-old girl in a mountainous barangay in Toledo City.
Police identified the suspect as Jonathan dela Cerna Sugabo, a neighbor of Sharmaine Flores, who was found dead in a grassy area in Barangay Bunga past 6 a.m. on Friday, August 25.
Police Lt. Col. Manolo Salvatierra, chief of the Toledo City Police Station, said Sugabo was implicated in the killing after a witness saw him near the area where the girl was found dead. He added that there were no security cameras in the area and investigators are only relying on the accounts of possible witnesses.The Toledo police are still awaiting the result of the DNA test and the autopsy report.He said he was spotted near the crime scene because it was his usual route going home.
The victim’s mother, Anna Maria Flores, was convinced that Sugabo was her daughter’s killer based on the accounts of some witnesses.The habal-habal driver said he noticed that Sugabo was acting strange that night and had bloodstains in his hands.
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