Shockwaves are being felt in Silent Hill, Manchester after residents found the body of a 71-year-old farmer on Wednesday evening. 

Patrick Lewis otherwise called Bull a farmer of the community was found with multiple chop wounds to the face after allegedly being attacked by unknown assailants. After 71 years, Patrick Lewis’ relatives expected him to die of natural causes. Unfortunately, he was deprived of a peaceful death, when his body was found with multiple chop wounds to the face, which was totally disfigured. His niece tells our news team she will cherish the last memory she had with her uncle, mere hours before he was butchered. 

With reality setting in that, that was the last time she would have seen him alive, tears flowed freely, as she expressed the feeling of panic that washed her when she got a call that the body found nearby could be his. With the conditions of his face, the residents were only able to identify him based on what he was wearing.

Still in shock, she says she rushed to the location, unable to accept the news until she saw him. And there he was, a sight that will forever be etched in her mind. Now, she is left without answers as to what could have triggered such a gruesome end to her uncle’s life, a man she describes as peaceful.

Reporter: Nasika Alliman

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