12-year old boy sees his parents murdered

By Kit Bagaipo
The Bohol Chronicle

A dispute among relatives over a piece of inherited land led to the slaying of a couple on Friday in the town of Inabanga .

The slain couple’s 12-year old son saw the violent killing of his father Francisco Piadora y Roxas, 59, and mother Leonita Piadora y Sentinales, 48, around 4:30 p.m. along the barangay road in Baguhan, Inabanga.

Based on the boy’s account, his parents were on their way home when the suspects identified as Ramon Bustamante and Constaniani Sentinales accosted them.

Bustamante and Sentinales, who are close relatives of the victims, were said to have been waiting for the Piadora couple.

Leonita sustained two bullet wounds on her forehead and was also stabbed on the chest.

Ramon, on the other hand, was stabbed on the neck, according to the victims’ son who is now in the custody of relatives after the incident.

The couple died on the spot, police said, as the two suspects fled.

Sentinales was later arrested by the Inabanga PNP in a hot pursuit operation. She is currently detained at the Inabanga Police Station. Bustamante remains at large.