
A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy who was reported missing by his family was found dead in his neighbor’s house in Concepcion, Tarlac on Thursday.
Police identified the victim as Axcel Castro, of Bgy. Green Village, Concepcion, Tarlac.
The child was last seen playing in front of his grandparents’ house on Wednesday.
On Thursday, he was found dead in the bedroom of his 16-year-old female neighbor.
Cpl. Karen Simbulan of the Women and Children Protection Desk and Pauline Pauline Cubil, Municipal Social Welfare Development officer of Concepcion town conducted an investigation and interviewed the young suspect, who confessed killing the kid by suffocation.
An initial investigation showed the killing was triggered by misunderstanding between the young suspect and the child’s mother over a Facebook post.
The Tarlac police said the female teenager, a high school student, is facing murder charges.