Body of missing student found floating in waters off Leyte village

Retrieved body of Francisco Logarto y Delos Angeles by Tanuan, Leyte rescuer. Photo by MDRRMO

ORMOC CITY, Leyte—The body of a 17-year-old senior high school student was found on Thursday, a day after he was reported missing while swimming in the waters off Barangay Bislig, Tanauan town, Leyte on Wednesday morning.

Fishermen found Francisco Logarto, floating in the waters off Bislig on Thursday, said Chen Anthony Salva, a member of the Tanauan rescue group.

He was pulled out of the water and brought to the  Leyte Provincial Hospital in Palo, Leyte, said Salva.

Logarto was a senior high student at the Tanauan School of Arts and Trade and a resident of  Zone 5, Barangay Cabuynan, Tanauan.

Senior Insp. Delfin Dingky Boy Bardillon, Tanauan police chief, said Logarto went to the beach on Wednesday for a post New Year celebration.

While he and a friend,  Santiago Tenchera, also 17, were on board an inflated tire interior that they used as floaty, they were hit by strong waves.

Tenchera was able to hold on to the floaty until he was washed ashore. But his friend lost his grip and went missing./lb