A four-year-old girl died after her grandmother allegedly poisoned her using a baby bottle in Don Carlos, Bukidnon, on Thursday, August 13.
In a “24 Oras Weekend” report by Dano Tingcungco on Sunday, both the 52-year-old grandmother and her granddaughter were brought to a hospital but later died from the poisoning.
Before the incident, Don Carlos police Deputy Chief of Police P/Lt. Rufina Bayarcal said authorities received a distress call at around 6 p.m. Thursday about a heated argument involving the grandmother.
“[‘Yung] kapatid ng lola tumawag doon sa hotline ng police station po. Pagdating doon sa bahay nila, wala na ‘yung lolo kasi sabi niya umalis siya para hindi na mag-ano ‘yung gulo nila,” Bayarcal said.
(The grandmother's sibling called the police station's hotline. When officers arrived at the house, the grandfather had already left to avoid escalating the conflict.)