A German national  arrested by joint elements of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Bureau of Immigration (BI) for two cases of acts of lasciviousness died after he hanged himself inside his detention cell Thursday morning.

Lawyer Jose Doloiras, NBI provincial chief based at the NBI district office told local reporters that Uwe Krause, alias “Daddy Uwe” 54, of Sitio Galiz, barangay Lucap, Alaminos City, was discovered dead by his live-in partner, Jenny Eustaquio, 25, who was allowed earlier to sleep outside the cell to keep watch over Krause.

Krause hanged himself using two long nylon straps of his traveling bag, which he attached to a steel portion of his cell’s ceiling inside the comfort room. He was alone inside the cell.

His body was discovered around 4:00 a.m. after Eustaquio woke up and to look in on Krause on his bed.

He reportedly wrapped a t-shirt around his mouth to make certain that Eustaquio would not hear him emit any sound.

He was rushed to the Pangasinan Medical Center but was pronounced dead on arrival by the attending physician.

Doloiras said she asked Eustaquio to stay while Krause was detained so that he could have someone to talk to because Krause refused to talk after his arrest.

Krause was arrested Wednesday morning based on two arrest warrants for acts of lasciviousness issued by Judge Jules Mejia, presiding judge of the regional trial court (RTC) in Alaminos City.

The complainants were filed by girls aged seven, nine and 12. In each case, the bail bond for his temporary liberty was P180,000.

The NBI was to present Krause Thursday at 2:00 p.m. to the RTC in Alaminos City for arraignment and the filing of two other cases of statutory rape, Doloiras said. In one of the cases, the complainant, a nine-year old girl, was the niece of Krause’s first Filipina wife.

The NBI, in their complaint dated Jan. 17, 2007 filed at the City Prosecutor’s Office in Alaminos City, noted that Krause’s “modus operandi” was to pretend to be friendly and lured his minor victims to enter his house then abused them.

The NBI elements also confiscated several photos of naked young girls inside the rented house of Krause They suspect that Krause possibly sold the photos to his contacts in Germany.

The NBI had learned that Krause was convicted for a child abuse case in Germany but was out on probation.

He first arrived in the Philippines sometime in 1988 and had since returned on many occasions.

In February 2006, Krause’s passport was confiscated by the BI but presumably justified his continued stay in the country to take care of his two biological sons from his departed Filipina wife.

Meanwhile, Krause’s two sons who were allegedly maltreated by their father are now under the care of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Office in Alaminos City.

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