Girl, 17, ‘hangs self’ in Dumarao

ROXAS City – A 17-year-old girl was found dead in Barangay Poblacion Ilaya, Dumarao, Capiz. She was believed to have committed suicide, police said.

It was around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday when Rosalinda Ricarte discovered her daughter Rhodora Rose unconscious, hanging from the ceiling of their house with a rope tied around her neck.

Rhodora Rose was rushed to the Dumarao Rural Health Unit where the attending physician pronounced her “dead on arrival.”

According to Rosalinda, she last saw her daughter alive around 7 a.m. on the same day. Rhodora Rose was doing the laundry at the time, she added.

Investigation revealed that Rhodora Rose had an argument with live-in partner Arturo Daquipel prior to the supposed suicide.

Rhodora Rose and Daquipel were arguing over being childless, police said.

It was learned that Rhodora Rose had attempted to commit suicide in the past./PN

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