An 11-year-old girl believed to be a victim of rape was found dead, with her throat slit, in her house in Valenzuela City on Thursday.
The girl鈥檚 naked body was discovered lying in a pool of blood in her bedroom in their house in Makipot Road, Libis Bukid, Barangay Malinta, at around noon by her 9-year-old brother, said case investigator PO3 Robin Santos.
That evening, police arrested the girl鈥檚 uncle, Ricky Castillano, 47, who admitted killing his niece after getting furious that she wouldn鈥檛 wake up, Santos said.
Castillano, however, denied raping the girl, saying he only pulled down her undergarments after she wouldn鈥檛 rise from bed.
After slitting his niece鈥檚 throat with a kitchen knife, the suspect fled to Danding Building along CJ Santos Street, Barangay Maysan, where he works as a maintenance worker.
The girl鈥檚 father, Ireneo Oliveros, an Uber driver, told police he and his estranged wife had entrusted their four children to the Castillanos when they split seven years ago.鈥擪RIXIA SUBINGSUBING