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‘Limes died of skull fracture’
Husband’s preliminary hearing postponed as he was acting strangely in court
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Posted on Apr 30 2015
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.
As this developed, the scheduled preliminary hearing yesterday in the methamphetamine or “ice” case against Limes’ husband, Sylvestre Rogopes Sablan, was postponed after the suspect acted strangely in court.
Sablan’s erratic behavior prompted Superior Court Associate Judge Teresa Kim-Tenorio to reset the preliminary hearing for today, Thursday, at 9am.
Deleon Guerrero said Guam chief medical examiner Dr. Aurelio Espinola did the autopsy on Limes’ remains at the Commonwealth Health Center’s morgue.
It was reported that an axe was used to kill the 52-year-old Limes, but DPS has yet to confirm it.
In Sablan’s 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.
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.
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.
Chief Public Defender Douglas Hartig, who appeared as counsel for Sablan, agreed to the continuance.
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.
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.
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.
Police said Limes showed signs of having been deceased for some time already, with fatal injuries to the head.
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’s pants. The officer also saw scratches on Sablan’s abdomen.
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.
