A 46-year-old man who has reportedly not left his rented room for three days was found dead by a visiting cousin in Molave, Brgy. Daro, Dumaguete City, Oriental Negros, late afternoon recently.

Homicide investigators identified the dead man as Leopoldo Abella, a pedicab driver who is separated from his wife, and a resident of Molave.

SPO1 Louis Lacandula, police investigator, said that other occupant of the house noted that the last time Abella went out of his room was at about 7 p.m. Thursday last week.

Minutes later, he returned to his room and had not been seen since, the occupant added.

Three days later, Joaquin Jeffrey Abella III of Brgy. Bantayan, a cousin of the victim, dropped in to visit him and was surprised to see the room padlocked from the inside, police said.

After it was learned from the occupant that the victim had not been seen for three days, the door of the victim's room was forced open and the body was found, with drying blood from his mouth.

A post-mortem inspection report showed that the victim had died of hemorrhagic shock.*

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