Mama missing; NBI arrests son in Mambaling

A MAN suspected of killing his mother was taken into custody yesterday by the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7).

Christian “Lucky” Dalangin was arrested as NBI agents set to apply for a search warrant to to open his two-storey house in Ma. Gochan Street, barangay Mambaling, Cebu City.

The NBI was alerted by the mother of a male friend of Christian, who claimed he saw the lifeless body of Christian’s mother, Ruby Rosa, lying on a sofa in the house at dawn of Wednesday.

The witness said he was asked to help dispose of the body but got frightened and ran out.

The whereabouts of the mother, who is in her 50s, has not been established.

Domestic arguments between mother and son were well known in the neighborhood.

“Christian has been seen many times fighting with his mother,” said Mambaling Councilor Willie Go.

A tanod, Benjamin dela Crus, said they noticed that Mrs. Dalangin, who would sweep the front yard every morning, hasn’t been seen for the past two days.

NBI agents went to the house about 3 p.m. yesterday and arrested Christian, who was taken to the NBI regional office.

NBI agents and barangay tanods peeped through an opening in the stock room and observed a newly cemented surface.

But they need a search warrant to enter the stock room and look around. ADOR VINCENT S. MAYOL with Correspondent Edison delos Angeles