Neska Centina
A man was hacked to death by his son at Hacienda La Purisima Concepcion in Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental, late Sunday evening.
The fatality was identified as 58-year-old Ricky Tormes, a resident of Hacienda Camel of the said barangay.
Initial investigations revealed the victim’s son, 36-year-old Ryan Tormes, used a cane cutter to hack his father.
The victim sustained multiple hack wounds across different parts of his body and was rushed to the hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
The suspect voluntarily surrendered after the incident and is currently detained in the custodial facility of Silay City Police Station.
The body of the victim, meanwhile, is scheduled to undergo an autopsy./NC, WDJ