British man found dead in fish sanctuary in southern Cebu town

CEBU, Philippines – The corpse of a 57-year-old British man was found floating in a fish sanctuary in Barangay Balud, Dalaguete, south of Cebu, at around 2 pm on Tuesday, June 4.  

Police Master Sergeant Arnold Froenal of the Dalaguete Police Station told Rappler that fishermen found the body, and immediately alerted the barangay tanods.  

The victim was identified as Ian Parkinson. He was taking a vacation with his friend, Howard Philip, 63.  

Parkinson and Philip were reportedly swimming at 9 am at the fish sanctuary, near where his body was found hours later.  

Philip left and went back to their pension house alone, because Howard wanted to stay longer. 

Froenal also said their initial findings suggest that Parkinson drowned. They found no wounds on his body, so they rushed him to the hospital. However, the attending physician declared him dead on arrival.  

“Nagpaabot pa mi sa resulta sa autopsy na gi pahigayon ganina,” said Froenal. (We are waiting for the results of the autopsy that was conducted earlier.) – Rappler.com