According to his mother, “Kyle,” who is 5 in this February 2019 photo, became more violent after his father was killed in November 2016. His father, “Alvin Ricaforte,” was found dead on the Delpan bridge, in Tondo, Manila, his face wrapped in packaging tape and bearing multiple stab wounds in the chest. According to Kyle’s mother, Ricaforte’s body was shown on TV several times and Kyle recognized him.
© 2019 Carlo Gabuco for Human Rights Watch