20 Year Filipina Dies in Phnom Penh

PHNOM PENH: A Filipino woman was found at 8 pm on Sunday, August 4, 2019 in Sangkat Boeung Kak II, Tuol Kork, Phnom Penh.

JESSICA JOYCE ARTILLAGA MARASIGAN, aged 20 is reported to have been a student at  Lim Kok Wing university.

According to sources close to the deceased she had been suffering from mental illness since 2015, and despite taking medication regularly had made previous suicide attempts.

The report says the victim ate dinner and talked with her sister-in-law until just before 8 pm and went to her room. The sister-in-law then found her dead around 10 minutes later.

A police investigation confirmed the victim had died from hanging.

The body is being stored at Stung Meanchey pagoda. SOURCE