By Ernie N. Olson Jr.
APPARENTLY unable to figure out why his live-in girlfriend suddenly left him, a resident of Guisad Surong committed suicide Tuesday.
A police investigation disclosed that the victim was last seen alive by his neighbors Tuesday early morning a day after his common-law wife went away.
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The victim was identified on Thursday on records of the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) as Johnny Ramos Gomez, 28, single, jobless.
He resided at 169 Purok 3, Guisad Surong.
His former live-in partner, who was only known to the victim's family as Beth, could not be told of what happened, as her present address was not known.
According to reports Beth left the victim at around 11 a.m. of Monday, July 21, for still unknown reasons.
At around 6 a.m. the following day, some of his neighbors said they still saw him alive.
It was his mother Mercedes, who arrived around 1 p.m. the same day who discovered the victim hanging from the ceiling with the use of a handkerchief.
Although she was able to seek the help of neighbors Mary Grace Aloot, Marina Aloot and Raffy Salvador in bringing him down.
He was already lifeless.