US national arrested PH as suspect in murder of Filipina wife

Police in Bacoor City, Philippines arrested William Thomas Worth as the suspect in his Filipina wife’s murder. TWITTER

A 71-year-old American expatriate was arrested after the body of his Filipina girlfriend was found in a water drum at the couple’s home near the Philippine capital, Tuesday, May 9.

Police in Bacoor city arrested the suspect, William Thomas Worth, around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, in the victim’s house in Lot 7, B2, Santero Subdivision., Brgy. Habay 1, Bacoor City, Tuesday after finding the body of Mila Loslos, 48,  inside a blue plastic drum sealed in a garbage bag and duct tape at the house just outside Manila.

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Police said the victim’s son, Nino Jay Loslos, 21, a resident of CAA Las Piñas, went to the Bacoor police and reported that his mother had been missing for four days. Her son also told authorities he smelled a “foul odor” there, a police report said.

Police also recovered three knives and a length of rope, and Worth was taken into custody on suspicion of murder.

“We are aware of this case. Due to U.S. Privacy Act considerations, we cannot provide any further information,” a U.S. embassy spokesman in Manila told AFP.

Police said an autopsy would be performed to determine the cause of the woman’s death.