Captain John Christopher Masangkay, commander of Police Station 5, said they are now preparing the documents to file murder charges against the individual, whom he did not named.
On October 18, Erwin Abetong, 21, a resident of Hacienda Carmen, Barangay Granada, was found lying on the ground at Hacienda Carmen by a concerned citizen with a stab wound on his chest.
Police recovered from the scene of the crime a bladed weapon and a pair of slippers.
Masangkay said they are eyeing a grudge as a possible motive in the killing of the victim.
He said the victim, who has no record at Police Station 5, was allegedly receiving threats through social media before he was killed.
He added that they already talked with the live-in partner of the victim and she revealed the name of the person that was last seen with Abetong.
Masangkay noted that they went to the house of the said person of interest, but he is no longer there.
“So there is a great possibility that he (person of interest) is responsible for the killing of the victim. They might know each other,” he said.*