MANKAYAN, Benguet –The lifeless body of a 46-year old man was found by concerned residents in a prone position in a concrete canal at Guiwe, Poblacion, here, Tuesday afternoon.
Police authorities identified the victim as Warry Bestoca Tuacan, 40, single, and a resident of Lengyatan, Tabio, Mankayan, Benguet.
Probers theorized that the victim might have fallen into the canal due to his alleged being under the influence of liquor considering that he did not sustain any external injuries in any part of his body when he was found.
Health authorities at the Mankayan rural health unit declared him dead on arrival in the said facility.
By Dexter A. See