3D scan suggests ex-DPWH exec Cabral slid into ravine, not pushed

A 3D scan of the ravine where former DPWH Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral was found dead suggests she likely slid down rather than being pushed, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP).

PNP Forensic Group officer-in-charge Col. Pierre Paul Carpio stated that the 3D scan indicated Cabral fell approximately 16.9 meters from her last known location, landing only 0.2 meters from the ravine's base.

Carpio noted that scratch marks on Cabral's hands and back support the conclusion that she slid down the ravine.

Cabral was found unconscious and unresponsive on December 18, around 20 to 30 meters below Kennon Road in Tuba, Benguet.

Her driver reported that she asked him to leave her at a stop along Kennon Road, and she was discovered dead at the bottom of a ravine later that evening.

A municipal doctor pronounced Cabral dead at the scene on December 19, and initial findings pointed to suicide.