Skeletal remains identified

BANGUI, Ilocos Norte, Aug. 17– Benjie Corpuz has positively identified the skeletal remains found in Sitio Danao, Brgy. Manayon, this town as those of his missing live-in partner Sarah Ambasan, a police report said.

Corpuz said the clothing of the skeletal remains was the same attire worn by Sarah when she was last seen and disappeared last December 2017.

Investigators said the remains were found under a tree by a passerby in a mountainous area in Sitio Danao.

Police said they took temporary custody of the skeletal remains pending a final proof of evidence is presented by the victim’s relatives. (tri-media report)