A WELDER was found hanging inside a house in Baguio City while the body of a still unidentified man was discovered in Kapangan, Benguet.
In the morning of October 5, Bernabe Herano Aquino, 46, welder, and resident of Purok 6 Fairview Extension, Baguio City, was seen hanging at the 2nd floor of a house undergoing renovation at Number 45,Ayala Street, Barangay Sto.Niño, Slaughter Compound.
The incident was reported by Brando Balajadia, the chief of the barangay peace keeping action team.
One of the tenants, identified as Maricel Atizado Tuzon, 21, discovered Aquino’s body and immediately reported to village chief Camilo Tacbas, who instructed his chief tanod to report the incident to the Baguio City Police Office Station 2.
The Scene of the Crime Operatives processed the scene and recovered a cable tied to the beam of the house and around the victim’s neck.
In Kapangan, Benguet, the body of a still unidentified man was discovered on October 7 along Datakan-Labueg Provincial Road.
Initial investigation revealed that witnesses Jelfin Rufino, 22, and Marvin Luis, 29, both residents of Datakan Proper, Datakan, Kapangan, were walking towards their respective houses in the morning of October 7 when they noticed a person on the ground.
Rufino and Luis said that as they got closer, they noticed that the man was not moving and that his head was wrapped in a T-shirt.
They immediately reported the incident to the village chief Jeffrey Marcelo who in turn reported the incident to the Kapangan Municipal Police Station.
Benguet Police Crime Lab personnel processed the crime scene and found no identification card on the cadaver.
A post mortem examination showed the cadaver sustained puncture wounds on his left shoulder, right shoulder, right upper chest, and ligature marks at his neck.
The cadaver, which had an eagle tattoo on the right arm and a golden tooth, was brought to La Paz Funeral Homes, Baguio City.