Person of interest in death of Naga City doctor surrenders to NBI

LEGAZPI CITY, ALBAY, Philippines – A person of interest (POI) in the death of the medical doctor in Naga City in Camarines Sur surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 19), police said.

Brigadier General Andre Perez Dizon, Bicol police chief, said in a report that the POI was the boyfriend of Dr. Rajean Monette Romualdez, who was found dead inside a car with a gunshot wound on Sunday, Feb. 16, in Barangay (village) Concepcion Pequeña in the said city. The POI was not identified in the report.

Dizon said the POI voluntarily surrendered to the NBI in Matnog town in Sorsogon after days of negotiations.

Initial investigation said footage from closed-circuit television cameras near the area shows that he was with the victim before she was found dead.