‘17-year-old boy kills self’

A pair of slippers is believed to have led a 17-year-old boy to commit suicide in Bacolod City, Monday.

Senior Police Officer 3 Arlene Torrendon, deputy chief of the City Police Office Women and Children Complaints Desk, yesterday said there was no foul play in the death of the teenager.

The family of the victim, whose name the police withheld, is convinced that he really killed himself, Torrendon said.

Investigation showed that on Monday morning, the mother of the victim bought a pair of slippers for his younger brother, and the boy felt jealous.

His aunt, whose name was also not disclosed, told him that he must not feel that way because the money his mother used in buying the slippers was his younger brother’s savings, Torrendon said.

At about 3 p.m., a family member went to the victim’s room and saw him hanging from the ceiling with a belt tied around his neck, reports said.

He was rushed to the hospital but was declared dead on arrival, Torrendon said, adding that no suicide note was recovered from the scene.

Torrendon said the boy had graduated from high school but was not able to go to college. She also said he was possibly not strong enough to handle the jealousy he had felt towards his sibling.

The police had offered to conduct an autopsy on the body but the family refused since they are convinced that the victim killed himself, Torrendon said.*SGG

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Two arrested
with gun, knife

A gun and a belt knife were seized from two laborers during a checkpoint operation by Station 3 policemen in Purok Nami-Nami, Brgy. Banago in Bacolod City, at about 10:10 p.m. Tuesday.

The suspects were identified as Alberto Diaz, 43, of Brgy. Guihalaran in Silay City, Negros Occidental, and Jerry Anito, 33, of Brgy. Banago in Bacolod, by Senior Insp. Edgar Gulmatico, Station 3 chief.

Investigation showed that Diaz, who was driving the motorcycle, with Anito as bike-rider, were flagged down by the police but they fled and a chase ensued.

When collared, Diaz failed to present a valid driver’s license, Gulmatico said.

He said that when they were frisked, a .45 caliber pistol with a magazine loaded with six live ammunition was recovered from Diaz, and a 6-inch long belt knife from Anito.

Also confiscated was the black Honda 100 CC motorcycle registered to a certain Remo Luad, police records show.

Diaz will be charged for illegal possession of firearm and ammunition and Anito for illegal possession of bladed weapon. They are both detained at the lock-up cell of Station 3.

Meanwhile, an elderly man, who was injured when his SUV went under a truck at the Bacolod-Murcia Road in Brgy. Mansilingan, in the city, Tuesday, is now recuperating at the Riverside Medical Center.

Investigation by Senior Police Officer 1 Joey Mira, traffic investigator, showed that the Mitsubishi Montero Sports Wagon SUV, with plate number FGL 503, driven by Mark Torre, 60, of Bacolod, hit the parked Isuzu truck, with plate number FAV499, of Romulo Bogarte, 62, of Brgy. Estefania, at about 6:40 p.m.*SGG

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