Missing senior citizen found dead in Southern Leyte
ORMOC CITY — A senior citizen who was reported missing was found dead in Barangay Baugo, Maasin City, Southern Leyte on Sunday, April 2.
Lt. Col. Jayson Balbarona, chief of the Maasin police, identified the victim as Renato Laraga Costillas, 62, and a resident of Barangay Baugo, Maasin City, Southern Leyte.
Initial investigation showed that the victim was last seen alive while talking with his neighbors at the waiting shed near the Barangay Baugo National High School before he left to get home on Friday, March 31.
The victim’s immediate family was worried as he could not return home that night, prompting them to search for him starting Saturday, April 1.
On Sunday, Barangay Kagawad Dante Suganob and Barangay Tanod Danilo Labata Bug-os found the body of the victim at the exact place which is allegedly frequented by poisonous snakes.
The victim appeared to have an injury at the back of his right hand, which is believed to be a snake bite.
