Grandma found dead at home

THE decomposing body of a 76-year-old grandmother was found dead inside her house in barangay Tubod, Barili town, southwest Cebu.

Police said Maxima Panugaling was naked when she was found by her six-year-old granddaughter at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

The granddaughter had gone to the area to pick guavas. The victim lived alone in the house in sitio Divine Mercy.

PO2 Ronilo Quirante of the Barili Police Station said things inside the house were in disarray.
The victim bore head injuries.

Quirante said an investigation is ongoing to determine if the victim was sexually abused or if valuables were missing from the house./With a report by UP Cebu intern Niña Bianca S. Sayson