• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
A fisherman and a farmer were separately found dead on Thursday in Hinigaran and Calatrava, respectively, in Negros Occidental.
The lifeless body of a 72-year-old fisherman was found floating at the shoreline of Purok 3 in Brgy. Gargato, Hinigaran, by a certain Nono.
Initial investigations of the Hinigaran police showed that the victim, who had been suffering from epilepsy, failed to return several hours after he went fishing.
According to the police, the victim is believed to have drowned. No signs of foul play were also observed at the scene of the incident.
On the other hand, a 34-year-old farmer was found dead at Sitio Dugma in Barangay Malatas, Calatrava.
According to the Calatrava police, the victim succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds.
Prior to the shooting incident, the suspect, identified by the police only as a certain Jepoy, was seen walking with the victim before gunshots were heard.*
