Girl, 6, found dead in Leyte town hours after she went missing | Inquirer News

Girl, 6, found dead in Leyte town hours after she went missing

/ 08:42 PM September 04, 2020

TACLOBAN CITY—A six-year-old girl was found dead on a grassy lot at the village of Limbuhan-guti, Tanauan town in Leyte province around 7 a.m. on Friday (Sept. 4).

The parents of the girl, Micahjane Olimberio, reported her missing on Thursday (Sept. 3).

Capt. Delfin Bardillon, Tanauan police chief, said in an interview with a local radio station that police have taken custody of four men considered as persons of interest in the girl’s disappearance and killing.

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Bardillon said he believed the four men would have information about what happened since it was them who told police where the girl’s body was.

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Bardillon urged witnesses to come forward and help investigators identify the perpetrators of what he said was a case of rape with homicide.

Tanauan Mayor Pelagio Tecson’s wife, Penelope, urged people to pray for Olimberio and the girl’s family.

“Let us offer a prayer for this little angel Mica that she may rest in peace, and prayers, too, for her family’s strength,” she said in a post on Facebook.

Leyte Board Member Gina Merilo said she was cancelling an unspecified contest and convert the prizes to cash to be given to Olimberio’s family.

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