LIPA CITY, Philippines – A security guard has been charged for the rape and killing of a De La Salle Lipa student in Lipa City, Batangas. Batangas police director Col. Edwin Quilates said suspect Jorge Benedicto underwent inquest proceedings for rape and homicide on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENTPolice said Benedicto was the security guard in the subdivision where the victim, Fidex Therese Maranan, 21, had lived. A report from the Batangas police said Benedicto was arrested around 5 p.m. Tuesday in Oriental Mindoro. Maranan, a fourth year student of De La Salle Lipa, was found dead on May 17 in her home at Miracle Heights Subdivision in Barangay Antipolo del Norte in Lipa City.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 22, 2019 10:36 UTC