The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Wednesday said the main suspect in the killing of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Dafnie Nacalaban has been convicted to 14 years imprisonment by a Kuwaiti court.
DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac confirmed this development, adding that three other accessories were also convicted and were handed respective sentences as accomplices in the crime.
Nacalaban went missing in October 2024. Her body was later found buried in her employer’s backyard in Saad Al-Abdullah, Jahra, Kuwait in December 2024.
The DMW and the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait provided legal assistance in prosecuting the suspect.
The suspect, a Kuwaiti national with a known criminal record, later on admitted to killing Nacalaban.
After months of coordination, Nacalaban’s remains were repatriated to the Philippines on Feb. 21, 2025, through the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and the DMW.
