BATAAN MARKET STALL OWNER ROBBED, SLAIN

BY KEVIN GALANG

DINALUPIHAN, Bataan – Police are pursuing the suspect in the robbery and stabbing dead of a 62-year-old female stall owner in this town.

A report to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO 3) director Brig. Gen. Jess Mendez by Bataan Police Provincial  director Col. Marites A. Salvadora identified the victim as Susana Dasal, a ready-to-wear stall owner and a resident of Bonifacio Street in this municipality.

The crime occurred in the victim’s stall at the Dinalupihan Public Market in Bgy. San Ramon.

An investigation showed that the victim’s husband discovered Dasal seated at a corner of their store. When he tried to lift her, he noticed a “balisong” embedded in her neck. He immediately called their son and sought the help of the police.

Responding medical personnel from the municipal government rushed to the scene but declared the victim dead.

Further investigation showed that the victim’s belt bag containing around P5,000 in cash was missing.

A review of the closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage from the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) showed a female suspect carrying the missing belt bag while fleeing.

Police said the two suspects, a male and a female, entered and left the market separately.

The Bataan Provincial Forensic Unit processed the crime scene while police investigators were conducting backtracking operations to identify, locate and arrest the suspects.