The Guihulngan City Police Office is looking for more clues to identify the suspect and the motive behind the death of a man, whose body was found dumped in a ditch in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, at about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The body of trisikad driver Jesus Mahusay, single, with no permanent address, was found by residents in a canal at the national highway in Sitio Looc, Barangay Poblacion, Guihulngan.

Residents told police that the victim, with a hack wound on his forehead, was slumped face down on the ground, when they found him, police records show.

A post-mortem examination was conducted by the Guihulngan District Hospital but the result has not been released yet.

The police said a certain Bebe Uy, of Larena Street in Guihulngan, has claimed the victim’s remains.*JFP

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