Charges filed vs vendor in Sagada for child’s murder

By Gina Dizon

SAGADA, Mountain Province – Murder charges were filed at the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office against accused Wilbur B. Timpac for the death of a 12-year-old special child at the market compound here.
    The accused, a vendor at the public market is now detained at the municipal jail. CCTV footage from the Sagada Police Station revealed the child was thrown by Timpac down a cemented pavement some five meters from an elevated area at 6:20 p.m. on Nov. 17.
    Earlier, charges of physical injuries were filed against the accused with initial police findings of sustained abrasions on the victim’s back, hematoma back of her head and swelled lips.
    The victim was rushed to St. Theodore’s Hospital and later transferred to Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital where she died Nov. 18 at 6:18 p.m.
    The child’s death certificate revealed mauling as an antecedent cause and severe traumatic brain injury as direct cause.
    The victim's mother is from Tulgao, Tinglayan Kalinga while her father is from Sagada.
    The family established residence here. 
    Police investigation is ongoing.