Jealous man kills partner and son, then hangs self

CEBU - In this season of love and sharing, tragedy struck a family of three as three people were found dead after a jealous fit.

Shocked neighbors in sitio Kalubihan, barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City discovered the bloodied bodies of Hazel Jimenez, 21, and her 5-year-old son, and that of her live-in partner, Joel Pepito, 32, hanging.

Neighbors suspect that Pepito, who hails from Yati, Liloan, stabbed Hazel and their son dead before killing himself.

Hazel, a native of Bantayan Island, sustained three stab wounds while the boy had two stab wounds on his chest.

Joel killed himself by tying a nylon rope around his neck.

The neighbors said that they heard the couple arguing at around 1 a.m. yesterday.

PO1 Ronald Sumampong of the Lapu-Lapu Police said that the neighbors heard Joel suspecting that Hazel had a lover.

It was at 6 a.m. when the bodies of the mother and son were found by neighbors.

The remains have been brought to the Rolling Hills Memorial Homes in Mandaue City. — Christopher Gabriel Bonjoc/NLQ (THE FREEMAN)