Man kills live-in-partner then kills self in Batangas
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LUCENA CITY — A 35-year-old construction worker allegedly stabbed his live-in-partner dead and then killed himself on Saturday in Lipa City, Batangas.
The Region 4A police said in a report Sunday that at 8 p.m. “Joel” and “Crizelle”, 29, were arguing inside their bedroom in Barangay San Jose.
In a fit of rage, Joel grabbed a knife and repeatedly stabbed Criselle in different parts of her body, the report stated.
Subsequently, the man reportedly committed suicide by stabbing his chest and stomach then hanged himself with the use of a nylon cord tied to the iron grill of their double deck bed.
The two victims were taken to a hospital in the locality but were declared dead on arrival.
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