4 arrested for senior citizen's murder in North Cotabato
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato (PNA) – Police nabbed on Thursday afternoon, June 15, four suspects in the murder of a 63-year-old carpenter in Barangay Poblacion 2 here on Tuesday, June 13.
Police Lt. Col. Rolly Oranza, municipal police chief, identified the suspects as Mark Anthony Jorolan Aguit, 30, a construction worker and nephew of the victim; and Jimboy Dumay Martinez, Allan Villanueva Andrada, and a certain Mark Anthony Andea Balansag.
Aguit was identified as the primary suspect in the killing of his uncle, Tammy Rebusquillo Aguit, whose body was found buried in a pit near his house on Thursday morning, Oranza said on Friday, June 16.
According to Oranza, the group was having a drinking session at the house of Tammy on Tuesday evening, June 13, but a heated argument ensued between the victim and his nephew, which led to a stabbing incident.
The victim sustained fatal wounds that caused his instantaneous death, prompting the group to bury him before dawn on Wednesday, June 14.
During interrogation, the three other suspects said they were threatened by the younger Aguit and were forced to connive in burying the victim in the pit.