PNP Speaks on Cathy Cabral’s Autopsy Report, 3D Scan Findings
CATHY CABRAL’S AUTOPSY – The Philippine National Police (PNP) spoke on the report of the autopsy of the former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary and her 3D scan.
Last December 18, the unconscious and unresponsive body of former DPWH Usec. Maria Catalina Cabral was found 20-30 meters below the Kennon Road. The initial report of the police authorities state that the former DPWH Usec. allegedly died of falling from the cliff.
However, amid the flood control mess in the Philippines which dragged the name of the former DPWH Usec., countless people called for Cathy Cabral’s autopsy. Initially, the Cabral family refused to have her body under an autopsy.
Former DPWH Maria Catalina Cabral’s husband, Cesar Cabral, stressed that their family already confirmed the identity of the remains that was recovered below the Kennon Road in Benguet. According to him then, they just want to get the body of his wife and bring her home for Christmas.
Cabral was with her driver in the last few hours of her life. According to her driver, Ricardo Hernandez, they drove from Manila to Benguet to distress. He further claimed that they stopped at the Kennon Road in the morning of December 18 but they left after the cops told them to.
Hernandez said they allegedly went to Baguio to eat and they checked in at a hotel. According to him, at 2:30 p.m., former DPWH Undersecretary Cathy Cabral asked him that they will go back to the Kennon Road. She allegedly asked her driver to leave her at the Kennon Road and just fetch her after a while.
However, according to the driver, he could not find her when he returned to the area. He claimed that he asked from the people in the area and he also returned to check if she was already at the hotel before he reported to the police authorities that she’s missing. On the same night, her body was found unconscious and unresponsive.
Recently, the Philippine National Police spoke on former DPWH Usec. Cathy Cabral’s autopsy report as well as 3D scan findings. Based on a report on GMA News, PNP Forensic Group officer-in-charge Police Colonel Pierre Paul Carpio revealed the distance of Cabral’s body from the ravine.
“Makikita n’yo na ang layo ng katawan ng victim o cadaver ay around only 0.2 (meter) from the base of the ravine. Kung tinulak ito, chances are lalayo pa siya roon,” he said.
The PNP Forensic Group Officer-in-Charge also stressed the scratches in the hands and back of the former DPWH Usec. According to him, there is a huge chance that she supposedly slid off.
“Makikita n’yo rito na ang kamay ay may gasgas dito, pati likod. Ang laki ng probabilidad na nagpadausdos talaga siya,” Carpio said.
Furthermore, based on the report, the PNP also said that former DPWH Usec. Cathy Cabral’s autopsy report stated that she died of blunt traumatic injuries to the head, trunk, and left upper and lower extremities. The fingerprint examination, histopathology exam, and DNA examination were also conducted on the former DPWH official.
Previously, an alleged photo of Cabral’s driver with the former DPWH Usec. prior to her death in the cliff circulated online.