THE decomposing body of an eight-year-old girl who was missing for about three weeks was found Wednesday, March 25, inside a sugarcane plantation in Hda. Palma, Barangay Andulauan, Ilog.
Major John Ganzon, chief of Ilog PNP, said they suspect that the victim was raped as her underwear was found beside her with her slippers.
Ganzon said the girl who was a resident of Barangay 1, Kabankalan City was declared missing on March 7 based on the record of the Kabankalan PNP per complaint of her parents.
He said that they are now establishing information to identify and arrest the suspect and that the body of the girl will be subjected to autopsy to determine if she was raped indeed as well as identify the cause of her death.
Ganzon said the body of the victim was found inside the sugarcane plantation by the cane cutters.
"We are trying to establish information like who was with the girl when she was last seen in Kabankalan City", Ganzon said. (TDE)