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Cops probe death of inmate inside Leyte jail facility

Ronald O. Reyes

POLICE are investigating the death of a person deprived of liberty (PDL) inside the Sub-Provincial Jail in Hilongos, Leyte Wednesday, March 25.

The PDL Manuelito Jumadas, 49, was a resident of Barangay Lunang of the said town.

He was found dead around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 25.

Tresany Recopelacion, duty jail guard in the facility, personally appeared at Hilongos Municipal Police Station to report the incident.

Jumadas was facing a murder case, according to the responding policemen led by Staff Sergeant Reynaldo Rosario of the Hilongos Municipal Police Station. (SunStar Philippines)

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