By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga
A senior citizen was found dead inside his home yesterday in Barangay Patun-an, Calatrava, Negros Occidental.
Police identified the fatality as 60-year-old Franco Fuertes, a resident of the said barangay.
Calatrava municipal police chief, Police Chief Inspector John Joel Batusbatusan, said the victim’s remains were initially found by family, who immediately contacted police.
When police investigated the victim’s house for clues, they discovered Fuertes may have accidentally come into contact with an open electrical wire.
The police chief added, the victim lived alone.
The family noted, the last time they saw him alive was last Friday./DGB, WDJ