NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur – A 62-year-old man allegedly stabbed his son to death during a heated altercation inside their house in Barangay Marozo here on Sunday night, May 5.
Police identified the victim as Norman Yamson, 35.
Investigation said the victim and the suspect, Flordelino T. Tadeo, arrived in their house drunk at about 7 p.m.
The victim told the suspect to sleep. But the suspect got irked and cursed the victim, triggering a confrontation.
Yamson retaliated and threw a bottle at the suspect who picked up a knife and stabbed the victim in the stomach.
The victim was taken to a hospital where he died.
The suspect is under police custody and faces a parricide case.
Police said the victim was adopted by the suspect’s aunt-in-law when he was a child and was living with his biological parents when the incident happened.