Wife shot in love triangle of soldier, cop

By Cherk Balagtas

NAGUILLAN, Isabela -- A woman is in critical condition while she was with her policeman lover after they were ambushed by her soldier husband here in Barangay San Manuel Tuesday afternoon.
    Maj. Junniel Perez, chief of Naguillan Police Station, identified the victim as Jinky Castañeda, 31, married, resident of Barangay Sta. Filomena, San Mariano, Isabela.
    The suspect was identified as Jayson Cabanilla, 31, a member of the Philippine Army, Jinky’s husband, and a resident of Barangay Sipay, City of Ilagan.
    The victim was riding in the front passenger seat of the vehicle driven by her lover SSg. Vicente Soliva Jr., a member of the PNP where there were two other passengers in the back of the car who were the victim’s children.
    While the victim was crossing the southern direction towards the city of Cauayan, a car suddenly blocked from the other side of the road where the victim was able to avoid it and continued to run but the suspect shot them once which hit the side window of the car.
    Jinky was hit on the left side of her neck and was immediately rushed to the hospital by the responding police.
    The suspect immediately surrendered to the Naguilian Police Station with his issued firearm Glock 17 with Serial No. that AFP036509 loaded with a magazine with 14 live ammunition which he used to shoot his wife.
    According to the police, it is possible that it was a love triangle, the investigation is still ongoing.