BACOLOD CITY – A police officer assigned here was found dead in Barangay Pilar, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Jan. 23.
The victim was identified as Police Cpl. Nestor Madelo, 37, of Barangay Punta Taytay here, who was assigned at Police Station 5 here.
Police Capt. Ryan Villasario, Hinigaran town police chief, said that a former barangay watchman found the lifeless body of Madelo in a secluded area of the village.
Villasario said that Madelo had a wound in his face, and bruises in some parts of his body.
Villasario believed that the victim might have been left in the area since there’s no indication of a road accident or any traces of a crime committed there.
Villasario said the victim was previously involved in robbery extortion here in 2015.
Investigation is ongoing to determine the cause of his death and the motive of the incident.