A 49-year-old farmer believed to be suffering from mental illness stabbed his wife dead in their home in Barangay Cangharay, Jimalalud, Oriental Negros, Monday, the town Philippine National Police said.

Investigators said Lunie Paco used a stainless steel knife to stab his wife, Felecita, 46, in her left breast. She was proclaimed dead on arrival at the Gov. Billy Villegas Memorial Hospital in Guihulngan town. Before the incident, the suspect had suffered severe fever for three days due to wound infection in his fractured hand. He was brought for treatment to the clinic of Dr. Kid Dionaldo at North Poblacion, Jimalalud, police probers said.

A witness told the police that Lunie had been complaining that everytime he took his prescribed medicine, he always hallucinated.

The suspect was turned over by his brother-in-law Dionisio Grapa after the stabbing. The Jimalalud police station recommended his transfer to the Talay Rehabilitation Center in Dumaguete City for treatment of his mental ailment. The police said the suspect gave incoherent answers to their questions.

Meanwhile, a 47-year-old resident of Barangay One, Bais City was arrested Monday, also for stabbing his wife.

Jose Casamingo was apprehended by PO3 Zacariel Baldosano for stabbing his wife, Anita, with a kitchen knife measuring about 10 inches.

Baldosano said the victim was rushed to the Bais District Hospital with her three stab wounds.

The suspect is now in the custody of the police and will face charges upon inquest with the City Prosecutor's Office, the police said.*MA

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