A 50-year-old farmer who was accused of killing his neighbor’s cow was found dead in Sitio Lamakan in the mountain Cebu City barangay of Pung-ol Sibugay early on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
Police Staff Sergeant Reuben Rota of Mabolo Police Station 4 identified the victim as Cecelio Rosaldo Dabuco, a resident of the said place.
The lifeless body of the victim with gunshot wounds of unknown caliber was found lying several meters away from his house.
His older brother, Mario, told SunStar Cebu that he last saw the victim tending his cow to pasture on Monday, July 24.
He claimed that they heard three gunshots on Monday but they did not mind it.
He added they just learned about the incident when their neighbor told him the following morning that he discovered Dabuco's body.
Mario said they still have no idea about who killed his younger brother.
The victim was described as a good person by Pung-ol Sibugay barangay captain Jerson Cadampog.
Cadampog said he summoned Dabuco last Sunday to answer allegations that he killed his neighbor’s cow, which the victim denied.
Cadampog believed that Dabuco was telling the truth and that he was not capable of committing the said offense. (BBT, TPT)