The body of a four-year-old boy was found in a septic tank in barangay Azucena, Barili town, Cebu.
Police said they suspected that Jay Home Evardo Vilafuerte accidentally fell into the septic tank owned by Miguel Bejec Villafuerte, 29.
The septic tank was only covered with wood slabs, said SPO2 Marcelo Quevedo Jr. of the Barili police station.
Police said the boy went missing around 11 a.m. Sunday.
It was around 4:45 p.m. when the boy’s father Edgardo and his relatives found the boy.
The body was brought to the Tupas Funeral Parlor in Carcar City for an autopsy.
Police said an investigation will be made to determine the liability of the septic tank’s owner./CNU Intern Allet Mary Teves
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