Mactan teacher discovered hanging dead in Consolacion
A public school teacher was found dead, hanging by the neck in a boardinghouse in Consolacion town in north Cebu Sunday evening.
Police are investigating whether Marion Sadomia of Marigondon National High School in Mactan took his own life.
Sadomia, 29, spent the night in his friend’s rented room.
The next day, he was found hanging from the ceiling with a dog chain around his neck.
John Pons Tiu, 28, said the teacher who was also his bandmate, had gone to the boardinghouse Saturday night feeling depressed after visiting his girlfriend in Consolacion and seeing her on the road with another man.
The two friends had a drinking session.
Article continues after this advertisementWhile they were drinking, Tiu said he noticed his friend was sad and asked what was wrong.
Article continues after this advertisementThe teacher told Tiu what he saw earlier that night and said that he might as well kill himself.
The victim spent the night at Tiu’s place.
Tiu said he left his friend sleeping in the room when he left for work in the morning.
He returned past 6 p.m. and found the room locked.
His landlady used her key to unlock the door and both of them discovered the victim, an apparent suicide.
The teacher’s body was brought to a funeral parlor in Liloan for autopsy. Police are still investigating the case. /correspondent rhea ruth rossel
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