The five children of an Iloilo businessman and a Negrense who were recently murdered at their two-storey family mansion in Molo district, Iloilo, are now in the custody of their grandmother on the mother's side in Negros Occidental.

Raffy Tan, 17, and his three younger sisters, Karen, 15; Kristine, 13 and Kathleen, 1, and another sibling who were fetched from Iloilo by their grandmother, Rosalinda Zayco, and uncle, Michael Zayco, arrived yesterday at the BREDCO Port in Bacolod City, amid tight security provided by the Kabankalan City Police Station and Bacolod City Police Office.

Negrense Cynthia Zayco, niece of Negros Occidental Vice-Governor Isidro Zayco, her husband, Francisco Tan, and daughter, Kathy, were stabbed dead allegedly by the two sons of Francisco from his first wife. The Zaycos refused to issue any statements on their arrival at the BREDCO Port in Bacolod City

Instead of proceeding to Kabankalan City, the Tan children were brought by their relatives to Santa Clara Subdivision in Bacolod City, according to ABS-CBN.

The police tagged Archie Tan, 23, and his brother John Michael, 18, sons of Francisco from a previous relationship, as suspects in the killings.

Two counts of murder and parricide charges were filed by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group against Archie and his younger brother.

The Tan family owns the Crown Agro Chemical, a chain of stores selling pesticides, fertilizers, and other agricultural inputs.*GPB

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