• THERESA MAE DULMAN
A live-in couple has confessed to orchestrating a premeditated plot to rob a 57-year-old Turkish national who was discovered dead in Barangay Canlamay, Ilog, Negros Occidental, early Sunday.
The suspects, a 34-year-old male and a 35-year-old female, admitted to investigators that they conspired to lure the victim, Cahit Ogung, into a fatal trap at a sugarcane plantation in Sitio Mampuso, Barangay Canlamay.
According to the Ilog Municipal Police Station, the female suspect initially drank with Ogung before leading him into the field where her partner lay in wait to launch a violent ambush.
The victim, a resident of Purok Elaya, Barangay Cabug, Bacolod City, succumbed to severe head injuries.
Following their arrest, the male suspect disclosed that the attack was specifically designed to rob the victim of his belongings.
PLt. Col. Joem Malong, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office – Negros Island Region, said that the two will be facing charges of robbery with homicide.
The joint operation of the Ilog Police, the 605th Regional Mobile Force Battalion, and the Philippine Army resulted in the recovery of evidence, including Ogung’s prosthetic leg, car keys, and clothing.
Authorities also seized a sweatshirt marked ‘ZAFRA’ and a black t-shirt used by the male suspect to cover his face during the attack.
Police Regional Director PBrig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, commended the rapid resolution of the case.*
