By Felipe V. Celino
ROXAS CITY – A 28-year-old woman was shot dead by her live-in partner early Thursday morning in Sitio Agmanakit, Barangay Dacuton, Dumarao, Capiz.
Police identified the victim as Ana Mae Lozada Castor of Agmanakit, while the suspect was Argie Celiz Mondia, 35.
Based on the investigation conducted by Dumarao Municipal Police Station, the drunken Mondia went home around 12:40 a.m. and looked for Castor inside their house.
Mondia later saw the victim on a cradle inside a nipa hut near their house.
He confronted Castor asking her where she was during the day, the latter replied that she went with a male friend which angered the suspect.
Mondia then took a bolo and hacked Castor’s right hand. The victim then fled to the nearby rice field.
But the suspect chased her and shot her with an unidentified firearm.
Castor succumbed to a gunshot wound on her back at the Dao District Hospital.
Mondia voluntarily surrendered to village officials and was later turned over to the police station where he is currently detained.
