A 70-year-old woman hacked her family with a sickle, killing her husband and daughter, and wounded her three young grandchildren inside their house in Sitio Magpait, Barangay Cabalantian, Manticao, Misamis Oriental last Friday.
Manticao municipal police station chief Police Lt. Chance Ramirez said suspect Vivina Bagares Floresca was arrested after he hacked to death her husband, Luciano Loresca, 70, and daughter, Elvie, 40, at around 3 a.m.
The suspect’s three grandchildren – Grace, 13, Jinky, 10; and Jeviy, 8 – sustained minor wounds. They positively identified their grandmother as their attacker.
“Ang tatlong mga bata ang nag-identify positively na ang kanilang lola ang pumatay sa kanilang ina at lolo. Pumasok daw ang kanilang lola habang tulog sila, nagising umano sila at tinataga sila sa leeg, sa tiyan,” said Ramirez.
Police learned that the suspect suffered memory lapses.
“Minsan maayos kausap minsan ay hindi,” Ramirez said.
Interviewed at the detention cell, Vivina claimed she is imprisoned because police think she is crazy.
She confirmed that she did the crime but claimed that it was the devil who killed her daughter and husband. “Oo ako nga, pero masamang espirito ang nagpatay, hindi ako,” Vivina said.
Another daughter of the suspect, Loida Loresca Abragan, related that she was only five-years-old when her mother got sick following the death of her sister.
She said her mother got depressed again when her elder brother, who was very close to her, died due to sickness last May 25.
Vivina did not have enough sleep and did not eat well after her brother’s death, according to Loida. “Mga aswang man ang kanyang bukambibig, na pinatay daw, tinaga niya si Inday kasi nahawaan daw umano pagka-aswang, iba man ang kanyang pinagsasabi,” Loida added.
Loida said she could not believe that her mother could commit such heinous crime. Police said they will file parricide charges against Vivina. (Bonita T. Ermac)
