Body of woman found in seas near Cebu port

JOSEPHUS Pasculado, 62, hadn’t thought that the last time he would see his daughter again, she would be inside a morgue.

Jewelyn, 26, was last seen by her family members at 5 p.m. last Friday while on her way out of their house in Barangay Capitol Site, after asking for money from her mother.

“I was shocked because I haven’t seen her since July and I wasn’t home for Christmas. I came home and today, this is what happened to her,” Pasculado, a retired seaman, told Sun.Star Cebu.

The Philippine Navy and the Maritime Police were holding a seaborne patrol when they chanced upon Jewelyn’s body near the wharf in Barangay Kalawisan, Lapu-Lapu City.

SPO2 Wetzel Berry of the Cebu City Homicide Section said that an unidentified fisherman reportedly dragged her body and brought this near the wharf and hurriedly left the area. The patrol team brought her to the Pier 3 in Cebu City.

They also found Jewelyn’s identification card inside the victim’s pocket, a P500 bill and several personal items.

No external injuries

Homicide investigators found no external injuries that may indicate foul play. Her clothes were still intact.

Josephus said that they had Jewelyn checked by a psychiatrist after she underwent depression and mood disorder some three years ago.

“After she studied nursing in a university, we noticed her behavior that she would get angry and would fight with her two sisters,” he said.

The family will still decide if Jewelyn’s body will be submitted to an autopsy.