By Mae Singuay
The police station in Negros Occidental’s Manapla town is still investigating the stabbing incident that happened inside a woman’s house in Barangay Punta Mesa, wherein the assailant is still unidentified.
The police identified the fatality as 54-year-old Virgie Sabordo, who succumbed to a stab wound on her body.
Sabordo’s live-in partner, Filem Billios, told police they arrived home from a wake at Hacienda Cuaycong Proper at 10:40 p.m. on Saturday, July 29.
Upon entering their house, without any provocation, the victim was stabbed by an unidentified suspect inside their house.
The suspect then fled to an unknown direction, he added.
Sabordo was taken to Dr. Gustilo Hospital but was dead on arrival.
A pursuit operation is conducted for the identification and arrest of the suspect./MS, WDJ