Pregnant girl hangs self dead
A 14-YEAR-OLD pregnant girl was found hanging dead in a shanty in barangay Basak, Compostela town, northern Cebu.
Police said that before she was found dead, Joanna Paula Neneng was admonished by her grandfather after she confessed that she was pregnant.
Police said there was no sign of foul play in the girl’s death.
Joanna was last seen alive preparing the family’s dinner on Monday night.
Her aunt later found the teenager with a nylon rope tied around her neck./CORRESPONDENT GABRIEL C. BONJOC
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