18-yr-old girl found dead inside boarding house in Baguio City

Baguio City, Philippines – Friends and relatives are now looking for answers on the sudden death of an 18-year-old girl who was found Friday, September 20, covered with blood inside a boarding house at Purok 21, San Carlos Heights, Irisan, Baguio City.

Police were called to the scene after the victim’s friend, unnamed by the police, discovered the dead body when she visited said boarding house.

The friend said she went to see the victim since she could not be contacted. She was shocked to find her lifeless friend.

She narrated to authorities that her last exchange of messages with the victim was at 1 a.m. on September 19.

She said that the victim told her that a ‘visitor’ of hers was already at her boarding house. However, the victim failed to tell who her visitor was.

Police named the victim as Kacey Labayen, single and a customer care assistant in a bar in the summer capital.

Thorough probe on the incident is now ongoing to determine who her killer was and the motive to the crime.

To recall, a man in his 40’s was also found dead with stab wounds at a room in Bakakeng Central, Baguio City on September 10. He was discovered dead by his roommate who is also his cousin.