2 commit suicide by drinking silver polish
Two Tondo,
The reason for ending their lives, according to their relatives, was extreme depression.
The first suicide was identified as pedicab driver Joven Laurente, 30, single, of
According to his half-brother, Laurente was cursing everbody shortly before his body was found. “I am already tired of living,” his brother quoted the victim as saying while intoxicated. He told police he did not mind the words of the victim, but started to worry when his brother stayed in the bathroom for an inordinate period of time.
Thirteen hours later, in another part of Tondo, Julita Cepeda, 43, was found lifeless in her bed at the ground floor of her house on
A bottle of silver cleaning solution was found beside her body. SPO2 Steve Casimiro noted scalding on the mouth of the victim, which indicated that she drank the solution.
A text message she sent to one “Kuya Joe” stated that “she prefers to die than live.”
Casimiro said silver cleaning solution, which can be bought cheaply in stores, seems to be the choice of suicides in Tondo.
Police said the Philippine General Hospital has an antidote for the poison. They mentioned the case of two children who accidentally drank the solution but survived after taking the antidote.
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