Elderly woman killed, buried in sugarcane plantation

By: Glazyl Y. Masculino

BACOLOD City – The decomposing body of an elderly woman was found in a sugarcane plantation at Sitio Tabionan, Barangay Tabu, Ilog, Negros Occidental last Friday.

Police identified the fatality as 60-year-old Melba Paglumotan.

Police Major John Ganzon, town police chief, said Paglumotan was reported missing by her family since January 1 after she went to her partner’s house.

She allegedly confronted him about his affair with another woman. It probably triggered a commotion.

Two days later, she was found buried in a sugarcane plantation.

Ganzon said the victim sustained a wound on her back, and two small stab wounds on her right arm. She also had a broken neck.

“There’s a possibility that the victim was choked and was hit by a hard object,” he added.

Ganzon said the victim’s partner and his woman are being suspected to be involved in the killing. Both of them are at large.