Widowed father breaks down at requiem mass for Bulacan massacre victims

Dexter Carlos, the father widowed by the gruesome massacre in San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan broke down in tears during the requiem mass for his five slain family members on Wednesday.

He mourned the deaths of mother-in-law Auring Dizon, 58; wife Estrella Dizon, 28; and children Donnie, 11; Ella, 7 and Dexter Jr. at the St. Joseph Church, as seen in a tweet by GMA News reporter Mariz Umali.

Carlos will walk with the caskets of his loved to ones from the church to the cemetery where they will be laid to rest one week after they were found lifeless at their home in North Ridge Royal Subdivision.

Orphaned father Dexter Carlos breaks down while looking at the caskets of his whole family during requiem mass at St. Joseph Church @gmanews pic.twitter.com/tqTGa9pLrQ

— Mariz Umali (@marizumali) July 5, 2017

Umali also tweeted pictures of President Rodrigo Duterte and PNP Chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa at the wake a day before the victims were laid to rest.

CPNP Bato dela Rosa briefs President Duterte on certain matters as he arrives at the wake of Bulacan Massacre victims @gmanews pic.twitter.com/xhiN6UXBKU

— Mariz Umali (@marizumali) July 4, 2017

DZBB reporter Manny Vargas tweeted pictures of Carlos apologizing to his children before the mass on Wednesday morning.

Dexter Carlos, padre de pamilya ng mag-anak na pinaslang sa San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, humingi ng tawad sa mga anak | via @VargasMannysen pic.twitter.com/tWYd9xwv2t

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) July 5, 2017

San Jose del Monte City Mayor Arthur Robes and San Jose del Monte Representative Florida Robes offered to pay for all of the Carlos family's funeral expenses a week ago. —Rie Takumi/KG/KVD, GMA News