Arrested stepfather denies beating 2-yr-old found dead in Tisa, Cebu

Arrested stepfather denies beating 2-yr-old found dead in Tisa, Cebu

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 37-year-old suspect identified as the stepfather of a two-year-old boy who died after being found unresponsive inside their rented room in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City, denied beating the child, as the boy’s family said it would pursue a murder case against him. Police arrested alias “Lyle” at around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 16, in Sitio Nazareth, Barangay Buhisan, Cebu City, several hours after the child was found unresponsive inside their rented room along Santa