Ted Failon and the Suicide of His Wife

Last week, a shocking event became the headliner of many newspapers and news organizations.

Yes...It was the fact that the wife of DZMM and ABS-CBN newscaster Ted Failon ended up dead, or at least almost, in their bathroom. Later she died in the hospital.

Although it was an apparent suicide because of the note and the way it was done, the circumstances behind her death are being questioned by the police. Even Ted is a suspect. Police reasoned that it is because the bathroom was scrubbed clean before they could get there and the body was moved. But family said that the body was moved because Failon's wife, Trina, was still alive and in the hopes of saving her, she was brought to the hospital. The bathroom was cleaned, according to Failon, because he did not want his daughter Charisma, who is only 12 years old, to be traumatized at the site of her mother's death scene.

But why do the police want to continue tormenting Mr. Failon in this case when there are no people who are coming against him?

Is it because Ted has been hardly hitting police anomalies that is why they found a hole wherein which to target him? I believe the police are just finding a crack where with to hit Ted. And I think they found him at his weakest point--blaming him for the death of his wife and pursuing a case against him and his housemates.

I feel for Mr. Failon. He just lost his wife--the wife that he had fought for in his younger years and whom he has shared more than two decades of his life with and with whom he has two children. He is still grieving and gathering the pieces of what was left of his family and yet he has the stigma of the suicide to live with. And to top that off, he has to face the police, the media, the courts, etc. because the cops are giving him a hard time.

I am not friends with Mr. Failon. He does not know me. I just know him as a radio and TV personality. But in times of sorrow, one would certainly sympathize with another person, especially with one who just lost his spouse--his mate.

I hope that this case will be put to rest and Mr. Failon and his family will be allowed to grieve privately.

And to Mr. Failon and his family, may God bless you with His strength to carry on.