An Australian national was slain and buried by his Filipina live-in partner inside their home in a posh subdivision in Davao City, police said Wednesday.



Senior Superintendent Francisco Villaroman, chief of the Davao police's intelligence unit, said they discovered the body of Philip Andrew Aiken after the wife, Chona Donata, confessed that she was involved in the killing of the Australian.



Villaroman said Donata admitted killing her Australian lover with the help of three other people, including a man identified as April Joy Juesa.



Police investigations showed that Donata and the three other suspects hit the Australian in the head and buried him in his own home's backyard in Guadalupe Village, Barangay Lanang.



The Filipina reported the Australian missing last October 20.



Donata said she killed the Australian due to a dispute on their child's custody.



Charges of murder are being readied against the Filipina while police are hunting down the other suspects. With a report from Vincent Virtucio, ABS-CBN Davao