UP Campus: Maid Found Dead

From Manila Bulletin

A maid was found dead Tuesday afternoon inside her employer's home inside the University of the Philippines (UP) campus in Quezon City where she was believed to have been killed as the suspect took away a welding machine from the residence.

Investigator PO2 Loreto Tigno identified the victim as Merlinda Kan, 35, who was found dead inside the home of her employer, Dr. Amparo Umali III, at No. 65 Agoncillo St., Barangay UP Campus. Umali is also a professor at UP.

Kan, who was discovered lying in the kitchen at around 1:50 p.m., sustained severe head injuries and lacerations in her neck.

Police found on the kitchen floor a kitchen knife and a hammer. A bottle of water and a glass were found left in the kitchen.

The neice of Umali, Erica Umali, also told police that the welding machine at the back of the house was missing.

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