Manila, Dec. 29 -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday said former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral's death was likely caused by injuries when she slid and fell into a ravine in Benguet province.

Cabral was found dead at the bottom of a ravine at a stop along Kennon Road in Tuba on the evening of Dec. 18.

In a press conference at Camp Crame in Quezon City, PNP Forensic Group officer-in-charge Col. Pierre Paul Carpio said the 3D scanning of the crime scene showed that Cabral fell to a point only 0.2 meters away from the base of the ravine and 16.9 meters in height from where she was last seen.

"In this case our, medico legal confirms na 'yung sugat or mga injuries sustained a...