A 73‑year‑old US marine biologist, Kent Carpenter, who helped put Philippine reefs on the global map, has been shot dead inside his Negros Oriental home, while his live‑in partner says she was tied up and sexually assaulted by masked intruders.
Police in Sibulan have opened a special investigation into the killing of Carpenter and the reported attack on his companion, treating her as the key witness as they search for the gunmen and try to reconstruct what happened in the house that night.
