By MALU CADELINA MANAR
KIDAPAWAN CITY – A P100,000 cash reward awaits those who could lead authorities to the whereabouts of a 27-year old hardware store employee believed to have raped and killed his three-year-old cousin Sunday in a barangay here.
City Mayor Joseph Evangelista announced the bounty on Wednesday via the city website.
Evangelista said he simply wants justice for the death of Ella Bueno, cousin of the suspect identified as Rene Montano Bueno.
He also assured protection for informants.
The little girl’s body was discovered in a grassy lot just a few meters away from the suspect’s house at Barangay Singao here Sunday dawn.
The victim sustained numerous injuries, particularly on the head and her privates.
Ella’s mother, Grace, said in an interview the suspect took her daughter while she was out attending a birthday party noon of Saturday.
It was already late in the afternoon when they realized the child missing.