Briton found dead in Ecija

CABANATUAN CITY, Philippines – A 58-year-old British national was found dead with gunshot wounds in the neck, jaw and back in a subdivision here on New Year’s Eve, in what police probers suspect was a case of robbery-homicide.

Superintendent Eliseo Cruz, Cabanatuan police chief, said the body of victim Graham Paul Bayley, 58, was found by early morning joggers along the main road of the De Guzman Subdivision.

Reports said Bayley was last seen alive drinking liquor alone at the Shiro KTV bar in Barangay Bantug Norte and left the place at around 3:30 a.m. Friday.

Bayley’s wallet was missing while his ATM cards, calling cards and photos were found near his body. Two empty caliber .45 shells were recovered at the scene.

A province-wide manhunt is ongoing for a suspect, a certain Hearns Valen Hizon.