Manila, Feb. 16 -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday expressed sympathies to the family of a Filipino-American who was killed in a suburb in Chicago in the state of Illinois last month.

The body of the victim, identified as Anthony del Barrio, was found frozen in Morton Grove on January 20. Based on inquiries from members of the Filipino community, the Philippine Consulate General in Chicago learned that the victim was a third-generation Filipino-American born and raised in the United States.

The Consulate General said local authorities are investigating the death as a possible homicide but have yet to identify a suspect.

Anthony's kin, in an interview with ABS-CBN, said he went out with a friend and the next they heard...