An autopsy showed that Ana Maria Limes died of a skull fracture due to blunt force trauma, according to Department of Public Safety Commissioner James C. Deleon Guerrero.<\/p>\n
As this developed, the scheduled preliminary hearing yesterday in the methamphetamine or \u201cice\u201d case against Limes\u2019 husband, Sylvestre Rogopes Sablan, was postponed after the suspect acted strangely in court.<\/p>\n
Sablan\u2019s erratic behavior prompted Superior Court Associate Judge Teresa Kim-Tenorio to reset the preliminary hearing for today, Thursday, at 9am.<\/p>\n
Deleon Guerrero said Guam chief medical examiner Dr. Aurelio Espinola did the autopsy on Limes\u2019 remains at the Commonwealth Health Center\u2019s morgue.<\/p>\n
It was reported that an axe was used to kill the 52-year-old Limes, but DPS has yet to confirm it.<\/p>\n
In Sablan\u2019s case, Saipan Tribune learned that even shortly before the 43-year-old Sablan was taken to court for the hearing yesterday, he was already acting strangely at the Department of Corrections.<\/p>\n
Inside the courtroom, Sablan was mumbling and talking to himself. He called Kim-Tenorio by her first name and said something about candles, grave, and other things.<\/p>\n
Assistant attorney general Chester Hinds said Sablan was not doing anything violent in court but was talking aloud to himself and was aggressive with himself.<\/p>\n
Chief Public Defender Douglas Hartig, who appeared as counsel for Sablan, agreed to the continuance.<\/p>\n
At his initial appearance in court last April 2, Hinds revealed that Sablan is a person of interest in the murder of his wife, Limes.<\/p>\n
Last April 21, police arrested Sablan for illegal possession of a controlled substance, disturbing the peace, and criminal trespass for allegedly harassing the Lisua family in Oleai on Sunday midnight, April 19.<\/p>\n
Limes, a former staff assistant of Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP), was found dead inside her house in Oleai on April 20 shortly after noon.<\/p>\n
Police said Limes showed signs of having been deceased for some time already, with fatal injuries to the head.<\/p>\n
Police detective Rudolfo Saures Hermosilla Jr. stated in his report that when a police officer arrested Sablan last April 19 for disturbing the Lisua family, he noticed what appeared to be bloodstains on Sablan\u2019s pants. The officer also saw scratches on Sablan\u2019s abdomen.<\/p>\n
As of yesterday, no charges have been filed against Sablan for the murder of Limes. Sources said investigators have to send first some evidence in this case to an off-island laboratory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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