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JURGEN BALZAN ANDREW Mangion yesterday gave himself up after the police launched a nationwide search for him in connection with the violent death of his estranged wife Eleanor Mangion Walker. In a brief statement issued yesterday even- ing the police said that the man is no long- er on the wanted list after Mangion "ap- proached the police and is now assisting in the investigations". The police are treating Mangion Walker as a victim of domestic violence and her es- tranged husband was arrested after a nation- wide hunt was launched to locate him a few hours after the grim discovery of his wife's lifeless body on Sunday. The man is believed to have "sought help" to dispose of the body after he allegedly killed his wife, with whom he had a nine- year-old daughter. Informed sources told MaltaToday that the 40-year-old man is suspected of brutally killing Mangion Walker before requesting another person's help to get rid of the body. Mangion Walker eventually dumped his wife's body in a warehouse in Triq il-Kum- merc, Qormi. There appeared to be no sign of forced entry at the disused warehouse, and it was members of the Civil Protection De- partment who forced their way in. The gruesome discovery of the woman's body in a pool of blood was made on Sunday night at around 9.30; the police were acting on a tip-off. Although investigations are still underway, it appears that Mangion Walker was already dead by the time her body was transported to Qormi. An autopsy confirmed that the 33-year-old mother died of head injuries due to blunt trauma. Mangion and Mangion Walker were mar- ried in 2009 but were in separation proceed- ings. Their daughter is now understood to be in the care of her grandmother. Mangion Walker, a beautician from Swieqi, had just started going out with another man. On Facebook, Rikky Pace said he was heart- broken and "lost for words". WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT WEDNESDAY EDITION €1.00 Newspaper post SEE MORE ON PAGE 7 WEDNESDAY • 6 JULY 2016 • ISSUE 476 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY PG 9 Domestic violence PAGE 6 Be informed about the proper use of Health Centre Services Your health centre is also there for minor emergencies. This may require that you kindly wait while we deliver urgent care. Many health centre services are appointment-based. Please be punctual and kindly inform us if you are unable to attend. Please show an I.D. card when making use of health centre services – help us to ensure that your data is always protected. Bringing health closer to you Wanted husband of murdered woman turns himself in Andrew Mangion (left) gave himself up after the police launched a nationwide manhunt in connection with the brutal murder of his wife Eleanor Mangion Walker (right) Home-schooling will not deter social skills, parents insist Academics and educators believe that socialisation is an essential part of the educational process but parents who spoke to MaltaToday say children can hone social skills outside school MARTINA BORG PARENTS have insisted that home-schooling would not ultimately deter socialisation and the development of social skills in children. The social media storm about whether or not the system is beneficial has persisted, a day af- ter the government announced that one of the proposals in the recently unveiled Education Act is the legalisation of this teaching method. "Socialisation happens all the time, in fact, school was never meant to be a place for so- cialisation in the first place," parent Abigail Giuffre told the newsroom. "Schools have a strict curriculum that does not allow time for socialisation, I would not consider 30 minute breaks as opportunities for socialisation," she added. Giuffre has been vociferous in her support for home-schooling for years, and in 2014, she had written a letter and signed a petition along with 500 other mothers to make the op- tion available in Malta. Although the option of home-schooling is available in specific cases where physically attending school is not pos- sible due to illness, among other reasons, par- ents who feel that the local education system is inadequate have long been pushing for the system to be regulated and made more widely available.