The man has been identified as Glen Cerezo Valle. He was found by a policeman in his temporary detention cell in Station 3 of the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO). According to a police report, in the morning of December 6, a cop saw Valle in his cell seemingly sitting but with his head and face covered by a black jacket.
When the cop entered the detention cell to check on Valle, that's when he saw the shoelace around his neck. The other end of the shoestring was tied to the metal hinge of the cell door.
Valle was immediately brought to the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) but he was pronounced dead on arrival. Valle's body was taken to the BGHMC's morgue.
Additionally, Valle had just been arrested the day before somewhere in Victoria Village in Baguio City. Valle was taken into custody during a buy bust operation in said Village by members of the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) and Police Regional Office Cordillera (PROCOR).
[Correction: An earlier version of this article wrongly mentioned that Valle died at the Baguio City Jail. Valle died at Station 3 of the BCPO. We've made a mistake and we apologize for it.]
/Source: Bombo Radyo Philippines
A street in Baguio City. The Cordilleran Sun file photo. |