ORMOC CITY — Police are investigating the death of an 11-year-old boy who was found unconscious with a hammock tied around his neck inside his family’s rented home in Barangay Aguit-itan, Calbayog City, Samar, on Sunday afternoon, June 28.
The victim, identified only by the alias “Ken-ken,” was a Grade 6 pupil and a resident of Purok 1, Barangay Aguit-itan.
According to a report submitted to the Police Regional Office 8 (PRO-8), the victim’s mother, identified by the alias “Maya,” 40, reported the incident to the Calbayog City Police Station at around 5:35 a.m. on Monday, June 29.
She told investigators that at about 1:46 p.m. on Sunday, she and her husband were drinking liquor with visitors inside their house when a neighbor, identified only as “Cecil,” alerted them by saying in the local dialect, “Te Maya, kitaa la si Ken-ken didto” (“Maya, look at Ken-ken over there”), while pointing toward the hammock area.
The couple immediately rushed outside and found the child kneeling on the floor, unconscious, with a hammock tied around his neck. They quickly untied the hammock and brought him to the Calbayog District Hospital for emergency treatment.
Despite efforts to save him, the attending physician declared the boy dead at around 2:30 p.m.
The victim’s remains were brought to Jun-jun Funeral Services in Barangay Obrero, Calbayog City.
Police have coordinated with the Calbayog City Health Office for a post-mortem examination to determine the exact cause of death and whether foul play was involved. The incident remains under investigation.
(ROBERT DEJON)
