Vacationing American National Arrested – Dies in Jail in Cebu City

Vacationing American National Arrested – Dies in Jail in Cebu City

 

ONCE AGAIN SOMEONE DIES IN THE CUSTODY OF THE POLICE (PNP) AT STATION 2  IN CEBU CITY. THIS IS THE SAME POLICE STATION WHERE I WAS HELD IN CUSTODY BEING MISTREATED FOR 21 DAYS AND THE 11 YEAR OLD GIRL DIED.

 

YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE IN THE POSTING "ALLEGED: NOT A SHRED OF INVESTIGATION" IN THE COMMENTS AND THE 11 YEAR OLD GIRL THAT DIED IN THE POSTING "POLICE BRUTALITY SEEN IN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL'S DEATH". 

 

Vacationing American National Arrested – Dies in Jail in Cebu City

Posted - November 25, 2015

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A vacationing American national who was in Cebu City visiting a friend has died in jail after telling police he could not breathe.

51-year-old was arrested and later died in a Cebu City jail with a seedy past from earlier this year.

Cebu City police say that Pikl’s death had no foul play involved – an autopsy has yet to be conducted.

Pikl’s familyl disputes the Philippines media reports that he went “wild” and “berserk” before dying.

Skip Pikl, Mark’s brother, said the reports are “troubling.”

Pikle, an American veteran and retired correctional officer, “would not have acted that way,” his brother Brian said.

Family members said their brother walked in pain and was due to have surgery to correct the problem.

Richard Woodling, consul general at the Philippine Consulate General of Portland, said the circumstances around Pikl’s death sound “rather suspicious.”

A report on the incident said that Pikle was arrested on Wednesday after “getting wild” near a hotel in Fuente Osmeña.

Pikl reportedly complained to police officers that he could not breathe while being detained inside his holding cell.

Cebu City Police reiterated that “We assure the public that there was no foul play.”

The cause of Pikl’s death is still under investigation.

Brian Pikl said the family is working with the State Department and the American Consular  

Agency to conduct an autopsy and return Pikl’s body to the State of Oregon – Mark Pikl is originally from Salem, Oregon.

Locals suspect foul play when hearing of the death of the American national as the jail where Pikl died was also the subject of media attention when earlier this year an 11-year-old died after she was beaten and electrocuted while being detained.

Officers at that jail are facing murder charges for the incident with the young girl – now the family of Pikl may be faced with the same consequences in the death of their brother.

Source:   http://philippineslifestyle.com/blog/2015/11/25/vacationing-american-national-arrested-dies-in-jail-in-cebu-city/