Swede Commits Suicide by Jumping Off Ship
A Swedish national facing charges of human trafficking died on 21st June after he jumped off a vessel, about 900 meters from the port of Sta. Fe town on Bantayan Island, northern Cebu.
Walter Hauck, in his 60s, hit his head on a portion of the ship before falling into the water. Hauck’s escort and his Jail Officer, Efren Manzanares, who went into the water to look for the foreigner, found him 25 minutes after the incident, at about 3.15 p.m. Hauck was brought to Bantayan District Hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.
Hauck had been detained at the Bantayan District Jail since last year after he was arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas in his beach house in Sta. Fe town in December 2014. He had been accused of molesting five boys aged 12, 13, 14 and 17.
Hauck was taken out of detention to attend the hearing for the case of human trafficking which was pending at a local court in Bogo City. It has been reported that the Jail Officer removed Hauck’s handcuff at about 2.50 p.m. after the foreigner asked for permission to visit the restroom while the vessel was approaching the port of Sta. Fe. However, Hauck rushed to the tail end of the vessel instead and jumped into the sea. The crew of the vessel also saw Hauck’s head slam into a portion of the vessel before hitting the water.
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Source: Cebu Daily News
