Waiter hangs self in military camp

BAGUIO CITY – A 24-year-old waiter committed suicide in his rented room at the Veteran’s Compound here in Camp Allen afternoon on Aug. 26, police reported.

Cops identified the waiter as Kenneth Sagunda Itoli, single, a native of La Union. Investigation showed Itoli’s girlfriend, Irene Marino, 20 single, a native of Itogon, Benguet went to visit him late that afternoon but no one opened the door of the rented room despite her repeated knocking.

When she peeped in a hole of the door, Marino reportedly saw the victim standing, but not moving.

When, she reportedly forced the door open, she saw Itoli lifeless with a nylon cord tied around his neck with the other end of the cord tied to a nail in the ceiling.

Neighbors and his girlfriend took him to the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center, but he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Marino told probers that for the past several days, Itoli had been repeatedly saying that he was already tired of living and wanted to take a rest.

The probers were looking into other angles of the case. – Dexter A. See