Trisikad driver ‘kills’ lover of his girlfriend in Bogo

Investigators says the two men were fighting over a woman Suspect admits crime to police

A TRISIKAD driver allegedly stabbed to death the lover of his 50-yearold girlfriend in Barangay Guadalupe, Bogo City last Sunday night.

Police arrested Rodulfo Catampatan, 44, the suspect.

He allegedly killed 65-year-old Crisanto Tan, a businessman, inside the victim’s house.

Tan, a widower, suffered a wound in the midsection.

Before the incident happened at 8:40 p.m., investigator PO3 Ryan Alarde, said the victim was sitting on a chair inside the house when

Catampatan barged in and stabbed Tan with a knife.

Tan died on the spot, while Catampatan fled.

Neighbors alerted the police. Responding officers found Catampatan sleeping in his home.

Alarde said Catampatan was drunk during the arrest. The suspect did not resist arrest.

Admitted

The suspect admitted during interrogation that he committed the crime.

“Selos ni siya. Nag-ilog sila silingan nga uyab sa duha (The suspect was jealous. They were fighting over a neighbor who was their girlfriend),” Alarde said in a phone interview.

Alarde said they learned about the affair after Catampatan threatened the woman, who later approached the police.

Catampatan also told the woman that he would bring along with him the body of the victim.

Alarde said they recovered the knife from the suspect, who will be charged with murder before the Office of Bogo City Prosecutor.