LEGAZPI CITY – Police arrested a suspect for the charge of raping then killing his own teenage niece Friday after the victim’s body was found near a creek in Masbate City in Masbate province, police said Saturday.
Amador Dalanon, 32, a resident of Purok 1, Barangay (village) Cagay, Masbate City, was held by lawmen as the prime suspect in the rape-slay of Mariah Aira Po, 17, a grade 10 student of Alejandro delos Reyes
Integrated High School, Police Senior Inspector Maria Luisa Calubaquib, Bicol police spokesperson, said.
Calubaquib said Po’s body was found at a creek at Purok 6, also in Masbate City, on Thursday around 7 a.m. days after she was reported missing on Valentine’s Day.
Investigation disclosed that a witness saw the suspect dragging the victim near the place of incident.
A case for rape with homicide in Relation to Republic Act 7610, otherwise known as the “Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act” or the Anti-Child Abuse Law of the Philippines, was filed against the suspect.
The body of the victim was brought to a local funeral parlor for autopsy. CDG
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