BACOLOD City – Police have yet to determine the motive behind the death of a man in Sitio Bonacan, Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental.
The 69-year-old Jesus Canupin appeared to have committed suicide, police said.
He was found dead hanging from a tree with a blanket tied around his neck around 7 a.m. on Sunday, a police report showed.
Municipal police head Chief Inspector Joery Puerto said it was Canupin’s 67-year-old wife Leonisa who discovered him hanging.
Investigation was ongoing./PN