CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Bantay, Ilocos Sur – A 24-year-old man killed his 74-year-old mother after she scolded him for cutting their coffee plants in Sitio Banga-an, Barangay Dinwede West, Cervantes, Ilocos Sur on Friday afternoon, Dec. 20.
Police Capt. Alden Isang, Cervantes chief of police, identified the victim as Adelina B. Bayawa, widow.
Adelina reprimanded the suspect, Rackson B. Bayawa, 24, after he cut their coffee plants at the back of their house at about 4 p.m.
A heated argument erupted and the suspect took a firewood and struck his mother in the head. She died on the spot.
The suspect’s brother saw their mother lying on the ground with blood oozing on her head at about 5 p.m.
He reported the incident to the police and the suspect voluntarily surrendered and turned over the murder weapon.
Rackson faces a parricide case in court. (Freddie Lazaro)
