BY MAE SINGUAY and CYRUS GARDE
BACOLOD City – The family of an old man who allegedly committed suicide in Barangay Tiniongan, Isabela, Negros Occidental believes that there was no foul play in his death, a police report showed.
The 66-year-old Alfredo Tabanao Sr. was discovered lifeless by his son Andie at their house around 2 p.m. on Monday, the report further stated.
According to the police, Tabanao sustained slit wounds on the neck and left wrist.
Recovered from the crime scene were a scythe and a sharpening stone that the police believed Tabanao used to kill himself.
Tabanao’s another son Alfredo Jr. told the investigators that his father has hinted his plan to commit suicide.
Alfredo Jr. said Tabanao told him that, “Mayo na lang mahikog ko para makapahuway na ko sang akon ginabatyag.”
Tabanao was suffering from a nervous breakdown for about 23 years, police said./PN
