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CITY OF
MALOLOS—A 69-year-old American was found dead inside his
parked vehicle along Macarthur Highway in barangay Pio
Cruzcosa, Calumpit, Bulacan, early Tuesday morning.
Senior
Supt. Allen Bantolo, Bulacan police commander,
identified the victim as Orval Mikesell, married, of
9 Santos Street,
Silangan, Santa Maria, Bulacan and barangay Bulihan,
this city.
Mikesell
was a consultant for the Tanglaw Pag-asa (Bulacan Center
for Youth Offenders) in this city.
Mikesell
had a gunshot wound in the head, Bantolo said.
Initial
reports indicated that the bullet entered through the
victim’s mouth and exited at the back of the head.
The
victim was found inside his car, a silver XLT Ford
Ranger with license plate ZBD-289, with a .25- caliber
pistol lodged between his legs by policemen who were
summoned by village watchmen who became suspicious of
the seemingly abandoned vehicle in that place in the
dead of night.
Bantolo
explained that responding policemen reached the place
shortly before 4 a.m.
Police
investigators, Bantolo said, found a handwritten note on
the windshield of the car with the message “Pls. contact
Fe Mikesell.”
It was
later learned the Fe Mikesell is the victim’s Filipino
wife.
Bantolo
said he is still awaiting the results of the forensic
investigation conducted by the Bulacan police Scene of
the Crime Operatives on the incident and explained that
the incident seems to be a suicide because of the gun
and handwritten note found inside the car.
He added
that he has already instructed the investigation branch
of the Bulacan police to conduct thorough investigation.
A
psychologist, Mikesell has been providing free services
to juvenile law offenders detained at the Tanglaw
Pag-asa.
He was
also active in helping the local government in its youth
and health programs. |
