American, Filipino wife found dead inside well

BACOLOD CITY—An American and his Filipino wife were found dead inside a deep well near their house in Murcia, Negros Occidental province, police said.

The body of Kevin Fleischauer, 58, was retrieved by police and members of the Open Door Baptist Church inside the 20-foot-deep well about 30 meters from the house at Villa Emmanuel in Barangay Blumentritt, Murcia, past 8 p.m. on Sunday. It was already decomposing.

Fleischauer’s wife, Lolly Mangilaya, 60, was retrieved from the well at 4 p.m. on Monday, said Senior Insp. Lawrence Gerald Bathan, acting head of the municipal police.

A friend of the couple, who asked not to be identified, said they were into organic farming and had not been seen for about two weeks. On Sunday, friends from church went to Villa Emmanuel and found the couple’s house in disarray and their Toyota Adventure service vehicle still parked there.

At 5:40 p.m. that day, police led by Bathan came to the house in response to a reported robbery there. A thorough search of the compound led to the discovery of the bodies.