Police Master Sergeant Cromwell Enriquez, desk officer at Calape Police Station, said that their station had responded to information of the body of a woman found floating in the creek at Sitio Lamak in Barangay Bonbon in Calape town at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 12.
The victim was identified as Debraliz Castro, a resident of Barangay Sta. Cruz in Calape.
The water in the creek rose due to days of incessant raining.
Police said the victim allegedly suffered from mental disorder and post partum.
Dr. Manuel Relampagos III, the municipal health officer, who examined the victim said Castro had drowned. There was no sign of struggle and foul play.
Meanwhile in Dagohoy town, a resident of Barangay San Miguel, was still missing.
In a Facebook post, Dagohoy Mayor Hermie Relampagos said local rescuers tried to search for the missing person who was believed swept away by the flood, which rose due to days of incessant raining. However, they failed to locate the missing person on Thursday.
Heavy downpours triggered flooding in some parts of Bohol. Some 626 families or 728 individuals in Bohol were forced to evacuate as several major rivers and dams overflowed.
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A woman drowned Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023 when she was swept away by the flood, which rose due to days of incessant raining, while crossing a creek in Calape town, Bohol. Photo: PNP Calape
