Missing teenage girl found dead in Quirino

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CABARROGUIS, Quirino––A 13-year-old girl was found dead Tuesday in Maddela town in this province, after she went missing for nine days, authorities said.

Residents of Barangay Dipinti found the decomposing body of Glaiza Mae Saguiped floating in a creek.

Saguiped’s father, Alfredo, positively identified the victim as he called for justice, asking authorities to arrest the perpetrators immediately.

The body will be subjected to a post-mortem examination to determine the cause of the girl’s death, but relatives believed there was foul play.

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