By Francis Allan L. Angelo

 

WHAT drove the suspects to behead a farm worker from Lambunao, Iloilo?

 

The Dumangas police is eyeing love triangle as one of the major motives in the murder of Eduardo Lozarito Jr., 18, a native of Brgy. Cayan Oeste, Lambunao.

 

Lozarito was found dead January 1, 2009 in a rice field at Brgy. Ilaya First, Dumangas where he worked as a rice reaper. His severed head was found 1 meter from his body which bore hack wounds.

 

Senior Supt. Ricardo dela Paz, Iloilo provincial police director, said two persons who were last seen with Lozarito have been invited to the Dumangas police station for investigation. The two were identified as John Sandoval in whose place Lozarito stayed  while working in Dumangas, and Ernesto Jallorina, according to the Dumangas PNP. Several persons were also invited to shed light on the incident.

 

Dela Paz said it is possible that Lozarito’s rival to his female textmate may be responsible for his grisly death.

 

Initial police investigation said Lozarito went to the house of his textmate on New Year’s Eve.

 

But Dela Paz said they have yet to identify Lozarito’s textmate.

 

On January 1, the victim received a call in his cellphone from an indentified person. He then went out of Sandoval’s house and never returned.

 

Dela Paz said the suspect might be a native of Dumangas who harbored hatred against Lozarito.