Bacolod City – A boy who was believed to have drowned was found dead in a river in Barangay Nanca, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental.
The four-year-old resident Jestoni Cabrillos was found lifeless by rescuers around 7:55 a.m. on Jan. 16, a police report showed.
According to police investigators, Cabrillos went swimming with his parents when he was carried by water current around 5 p.m. on Jan. 15. His father tried to save him but to no avail.
The victim’s body was brought to a local mortuary for a “post-mortem” examination.
Officers of the E.B. Magalona municipal police station were still investigating the incident./PN