ILOILO City – The dead woman found in Barangay San Miguel, Jordan, Guimaras on Aug. 2 was indeed raped.
The autopsy conducted by Dr. Owen Lebaquin, medico-legal officer of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6), confirmed this, said Senior Inspector Carl Stephen Lee Betansos, Jordan police chief.
But the cause of death was multiple traumatic injuries on the head, said Betansos.
The victim was 23-year-old Emilyn Ganancial of Barangay Santa Teresa, Jordan. She was a Criminology graduate reviewing for her licensure examination.
Betansos said the Jordan police station would be charging Ganancial’s ex-boyfriend Antonio Mallorca with rape with homicide.
Mallorca, 23, was a resident of Barangay Dasal, Sibunag, Guimaras. He was arrested on Sunday at his house.
Malorca admitted killing Ganancial by repeatedly hitting her with a stone on the head but denied raping her.
On Aug. 1 Ganancial went to Iloilo City to attend review classes. Mallorca told the police he met his former girlfriend by chance in the city and asked her if they could talk.
According to Mallorca, they both greed to talk in Jordan.
In Barangay San Miguel some 300 meters away from the highway, Mallorca said he tried to hug Ganancial but his ex-girlfriend protested. An argument ensued and it became physical.
Mallorca insisted there was no rape. He said he dragged her to a forested area and this was why her shirt looked like it was pulled up her torso and her trousers and underwear pulled down he legs./PN
