3 family members slain in Talisay, Batangas

LUCENA CITY — Three members of the a family, including a two-year-old boy, were killed while a minor was wounded after they were allegedly repeatedly stabbed by a man in Talisay, Batangas, on Friday night, June 19, police said.

In a report released Saturday afternoon, the Talisay Municipal Police Station did not identify the victims, but were described as a 59-year-old woman, her 35-year-old daughter, and the latter’s two-year-old son, all residents of Barangay Aya.

A six-year-old boy, also a relative of the victims, sustained stab wounds and is now recovering in a hospital.

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Police said the suspect, a 33-year-old welder from Barangay San Roque, Santo Tomas City, was arrested shortly after the incident, which occurred around 10 p.m.

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Authorities said the suspect was identified by a surviving witness, a 13-year-old son of the 35-year-old victim, who, together with his 15-year-old sister, managed to escape the attack.

The two minors were reportedly inside a room when they heard commotion outside. They jumped out of a window and ran to seek help from relatives living nearby.

Police, led by Major El Cid Villanueva, chief of the Talisay Municipal Police Station, immediately launched a hot pursuit operation and arrested the suspect at his residence in Santo Tomas City at around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, or about an hour and a half after the incident was reported.

Authorities also recovered the alleged weapon used in the attack, along with clothing believed to have been worn by the suspect.

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Investigators said the suspect was the live-in partner of the sibling of the 35-year-old victim.

One of the angles being examined is the possibility that the attack was triggered by the suspect’s alleged fear of being charged with rape in connection with a separate incident involving the 15-year-old girl survivor.

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Police said the victims had reportedly been prepared to support the filing of a rape complaint against the suspect.

The suspect is currently in police custody and is facing multiple murder charges and other criminal complaints. /apl

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