March 14, 2016 KSPN2 News

A MAN IS FOUND DEAD IN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT AT LAOLAO BAY GOLF RESORT.

K–S–P–N LEARNED 59–YEAR OLD JOSE MERTOLA WAS A FILIPINO MAINTENANCE MAN AT LAOLAO BAY GOLF RESORT....HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL AROUND 9PM LAST NIGHT. EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SAY THEY RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT A POSSIBLE MISSING PERSON CASE AROUND 7PM SUNDAY NIGHT....THEY WERE TOLD MERTOLA WAS LAST SEEN WORKING IN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT AT LAOLAO BAY RESORT. UPON ARRIVAL TO THE SCENE....MEDICS FOUND MERTOLA LAYING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ELEVATOR SHAFT WITH MULTIPLE LACERATIONS TO HIS HEAD, RIGHT ARM, LEFT RIBS, RIGHT INNER THIGH, AND AN OPEN FRACTURE WOUND TO HIS LOWER LEG....MERTOLA WAS UNRESPONSIVE, MOTIONLESS, AND NOT BREATHING.

 

GOVERNOR RALPH TORRES THROWS HIS SUPPORT BEHIND G–O–P PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP.

 

TORRES TELLS US HE SPOKE DIRECTLY WITH TRUMP TO ENDORSE HIM.

 

 

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES VY FOR THE ISLANDS—WE SPEAK WITH TED CRUZ'S WIFE.

IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH KSPN2 NEWS, TED CRUZ'S WIFE, HEIDI CRUZ SAYS THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS FOR THE ISLANDS.  SHE KNOWS THE COMMONWEALTH WELL AS HER PARENTS SPENT SOME TIME ON SAIPAN YEARS AGO AS DENTISTS AND MISSIONARIES.