The skeletal remains of a senior citizen were found in a sugarcane field in Sitio Kabiguhan, Brgy. Prosperidad, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, on Tuesday, April 9.
The victim was a 74-year-old man of Sitio Ulay, Brgy Prosperidad, whose name was withheld by the police.
His skeletal remains were found by sugarcane workers and reported to his son, the police said.
The family positively identified the victim based on the T-shirt and shorts that he was wearing in a photo taken shortly before he went missing on February 24.
The victim’s family said he had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.*