A 10-year-old girl was found dead Wednesday night in a sugarcane field in Murcia, Negros.
Maj. Robert Dejucos, town police chief, said family members of the victim found her body around 9 p.m., almost five hours after she was reported missing.
The victim, whose name was withheld, sustained head injuries and broken bones, police said.
She was also found half-naked with her underwear and pair of shorts lay strewn beside her body, prompting the police to suspect she was raped.
Dejucos said the victim went missing after she left her sister’s house at 4:20 p.m. to buy frozen food for their dinner.
The victim’s sister initiated a search with the help of some barangay officials but was delayed by a brownout.
Dejucos said that the victim could have been attacked somewhere else and dumped in the area described by residents as muddy and remote.
Police said they have invited two persons of interest for questioning. (Glazyl Masculino)
