POLICE FILES
Vehicular accident
A 2-YEAR-OLD boy died in a vehicular accident after the motorcycle he boarded with his parents collided with a passenger multicab last Sunday.
Walter Jared Benolirao was rushed to the Lapu-Lapu City Hospital where he was declared dead by attending physicians.
Police investigation revealed that Walter’s father Wendell, 35, was driving his motorcycle toward Cordova town when he collided head-on with a multicab in his lane.
The driver of the multicab Chris Padriquilaga, 18, of Lapu-Lapu City, was headed to Lapu-Lapu when he overtook two vehicles passing the opposite lane and met the couple’s motorcycle.
When the victims fell on the road, the suspect tried to flee. But bystanders called ERUF and held Padriquilaga.
Padriquilaga, now detained at the Lapu-Lapu police precinct, tested positive in alcohol use. Appropriate charges will be filed. correspondent norman v.mendoza
Ginatilan suicide
A COUNCILOR of barangay Guiwanon, Ginatilan town, southwest Cebu, was found dead inside their toilet yesterday.
Elmer Dinol, 39, was discovered soaked in his own blood after he was suspected of slashing his wrist.
Responding police said the victim left a suicide note.
Angelita Tuanzon, Dinol’s sister, said her brother was suffering from hepatitis.
A neighbor, who refused to be named, said the victim was depressed after his male lover left him. correspondent Gabriel C. Bonjoc
Negative ballistic tests
THE FIREARM of the suspected gunman for the murder of Antonio “Tony” Ouano tested negative in the ballistics tests conducted by the police yesterday.
Chief Insp. Rex Lomente, chief of Investigation and Detection Management Branch (IDMB), told Cebu Daily News that the .45 pistol recovered from Michael Ancero, 29, yielded negative in the cross-match with the shells taken from the crime scene.
Michael Ancero, 29, was arrested last Aug. 4 following a motorbike holdup.
He was picked up after he was identified by robbery victim Cheryl Saberon.
Police suspected that Ancero was a member of a gun-for-hire group that killed Ouano, which he denied.
Ouano, a Mandaue City businessman, was ambushed and killed by two men on motorbike last July 22. jucell marie cuyos
If you or someone you know is in need of assistance, please reach out to the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH). Their crisis hotlines are available at 1553 (Luzon-wide landline toll-free), 0917-899-USAP (8727), 0966-351-4518, and 0908-639-2672. For more information, visit their website: (https://doh.gov.ph/NCMH-Crisis-Hotline)
Alternatively, you can contact Hopeline PH at the following numbers: 0917-5584673, 0918-8734673, 88044673. Additional resources are available at ngf-mindstrong.org, or connect with them on Facebook at Hopeline PH.
