PNP to release medico-legal findings on student's death within a week

The Philippine National Police (PNP) aims to release the medico-legal examination results on 14-year-old Francis Jay Gumikib, who died after being slapped by his teacher in Antipolo, within a week.

Hector Sorra, chief of the PNP Forensics Group's Medico-Legal Division, stated that while histopathology usually takes about 30 days, they are expediting the process.

During the examination, pulmonary tuberculosis was detected in Gumikib’s lungs, and the death certificate listed global brain edema with acute intraparenchymal hemorrhage as the primary cause of death, along with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis and child physical abuse as significant contributing factors.