Jail inmate hurts self in escape try, dies in Kidapawan hospital
Local News • 20:21 PM Wed Oct 29, 2014
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By:
DXND Radyo Bida
KIDAPAWAN CITY
– A man who escaped from North Cotabato District Jail (NCDJ) eluded pursuing jail guards but died due to severe injuries after he fell off a
cliff during arrest operations in a village in Bukidnon, jail officials said.
Jesus Singson,
jail warden of NCDJ, said members of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
and the police went to a place in Bukidnon where escapee Cresler Hernandez was
hiding to re-arrest him.
Hernandez was
from Alamada, North Cotabato.
The arresting
team was led by Chief Inspector Jeoffrey Todenio, Alamada police chief.
Singson said
Hernandez jumped over a fence in his hiding place and accidentally fell into a
cliff. He sustained serious injuries and brought to the North Cotabato
provincial hospital in Barangay Amas, Kidapawan City.
On Monday
dawn, Hernandez expired.
Hernandez went
missing in April 2014 and reports have circulated he was killed and allegedly buried
in the detention facility’s septic tank.
The BJMP
opened the tank but no remains was found.
Recently, the
BJMP received a tip that he indeed escaped and was hiding in Bukidnon.