A 40-year-old wife was bludgeoned to death by her jealous husband in their home at Barangay Camingawan, Kabankalan City, past midnight Tuesday, February 16.
The victim was identified as Delbeth Laurente, who died instantly after she was hit with a hammer on the head by her husband, 44-year-old Saler Laurente.
Based on the initial police investigation, the wife was already asleep when she was awakened by her husband, who then fatally hit her on the head.
The husband suspected that his wife had an affair and that there was a plan to kill him, so he killed her first, the police said.
The suspect surrendered to the authorities after the incident.*