{"id":107185,"date":"2021-01-05T00:23:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T00:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=107185"},"modified":"2021-01-05T00:23:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T00:23:41","slug":"girl-7-raped-and-murdered-after-singing-christmas-carols-in-her-village-and-mum-was-out-buying-her-presents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/girl-7-raped-and-murdered-after-singing-christmas-carols-in-her-village-and-mum-was-out-buying-her-presents\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl, 7, raped and murdered after singing Christmas carols in her village and mum was out buying her presents"},"content":{"rendered":"

A SEVEN-year-old girl was raped and murdered in the Philippines while her mum was out buying her Christmas presents.<\/p>\n

Pia Grace Roberto was last seen singing Christmas carols in the Cavite province on Boxing Day.<\/p>\n


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Tragically her body was found naked and dumped on a riverbank the following day.<\/p>\n

On December 26 she had asked her mum, Precy, to buy her some new clothes from the money she was given as a gift from relatives. <\/p>\n

Little Pia was left alone with her siblings at the family home. <\/p>\n

Precy started to worry after returning from the market to find her daughter was not home. <\/p>\n

The girl\u2019s dad, Florentino, frantically searched for Pia, despite being past a curfew time imposed during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Tragically, he found her under a deep ravine five hours later on December 27 around 1 am.<\/p>\n

The devastated dad called the police and paramedics, who arrived at the apparent crime scene to take her body to the hospital for post-mortem examination.<\/p>\n

Medics claimed she died from blunt force trauma in the head and chest, with four stab wounds at the back of her neck and spine. <\/p>\n

There were also reportedly signs she had been raped.<\/p>\n

Carmona Police Station officers questioned people who last saw the girl and found two witnesses who pointed a 22-year-old neighbour Michael Dela Cruz.<\/p>\n

The witnesses allegedly saw Michael with the girl around the time she disappeared.<\/p>\n

Michael was arrested and is now under police custody, but he pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n

He said: "Those people who pointed me are lying. They are just mad at me because of a land dispute. I will fight for what is true."<\/p>\n

The police are still investigating the case while the grieving family prepared a funeral for the girl before she was buried on January 3 morning.<\/p>\n

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