CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The 35-year-old Bukidnon man, who has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing, cooking and eating his neighbor in October, now faces a murder complaint, according to the police.
The relatives of the victim, 65-year-old Edwin Ma, filed a complaint against Teddy Boy Villegas at the provincial prosecutors office in Bukidnon, also on Wednesday, according to Senior Insp. Danielo Bellezas, the chief of the Bukidnon police’s community relations office.
Some parts of his body – which had been chopped off – had been found strewn on the ground while others were found inside a cooking pot.
Following an investigation, Ma’s neighbor, Villegas, was taken into custody.
In a subsequent report, the police said Villegas, 35, butchered Ma before cooking and eating his flesh.
Senior Police Officer I Roy Yacapin said when arrested, Villegas appeared “to be disconnected from reality” and the suspect was just smiling during interrogation.
Yacapin said Villegas might have a mental problem.
Bellezas said the police would need a professional opinion from a psychiatrist to determine if Villegas was indeed suffering from a psychological disorder.
“Only an expert can attest to his (Villegas) real mental condition in court, which will decide if he can be acquitted or penalized,” Bellezas said, noting that the Lantapan police report had nothing on Villegas’ family history.
The last time that cannibalism was reported in Bukidnon was during World War II.
Japanese soldiers had reportedly killed up to 85 Higaonon natives and consumed their remains.
Bellezas said last September, depression also drove a Bukidnon mother to hack her three children. One of her children died in the attack.
The difference with Villegas’ case was that the woman did not try to cannibalize her children but attempted to commit suicide instead.
Source: Inquirer
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