Missing doc found dead in irrigation canal in Ecija

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga, Philippines – A female physician who was reported missing last June 6 was found dead the following day at the Casecnan irrigation canal in the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, authorities said.

In a belated report to this regional police camp, Senior  Superintendent Crizaldo Nieves, Nueva Ecija police director, said the victim, Carolina Talens, 53, an ob-gyn, was last seen at around 8 a.m. on June 6 on her Isuzu Sportivo (with license plate ZJD 124) at the Gallego City General Hospital in the Science City of Muñoz. 

Talens failed to come home in Bocaue, Bulacan that night, and her family reported her missing to the police.

The following day, police got information that a body of a woman, clad only in her bra and underwear, was found floating in the Casecnan canal.

Nieves said police are now investigating the case and are looking for the victim’s car.