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Girl
raped, thrown off cliff
By: KIT BAGAIPO
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RAPE-MURDER
SUSPECT. Joel Meligorio, 22 of Butuan City, admitted
to have raped a 14-year-old
whose body he dumped in a secluded area in Loboc town
last Wednesday. He was cornered by alert police
operatives before he could escape while about to board
a Mindanao-bound vessel at the Jagna Port. .
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A
14-year old girl died a day after she was raped and thrown
off by her attacker into a precipice 54-feet high in barangay
Quinoguitan, Loboc town.
The
victim was sent by her father on an errand about 6 p.m. last
January 2 but never came home.
The
worried parents immediately sought assistance of the Loboc
PNP and a nearby Army detachment which led to the recovery
of their daughter's nearly lifeless body at 2 a.m. on January
3.
The
14-year old girl, who sustained wounds to the head and neck,
was rushed to the Gov. Celestino Gallares Regional Hospital.
She
told her parents and police the name of her assailant which
led to a manhunt operation and the capture of the suspect
in Jagna town Wednesday noon. He was about to board a vessel
going to Mindanao, police said.
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The
suspect, identified as one Joel Meligorio, 22, a native
of Butuan City was a third degree cousin of the victim,
according to SPO1 Eufemia Fajardo of the Loboc PNP.
Fajardo
told the Chronicle that a witness gave them the clue
on the suspect's identity who also left his shirt at
the crime scene.
Meligorio,
in an interview with the Chronicle said he was waiting
for the victim to pass by a Purok waiting shed and punched
her thrice to the stomach which left her unconscious.
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According
to the suspect's account, he brought the victim to a grassland
a few meters from the waiting shed where the victim was raped.
The
suspect said he went to the workers' quarters of the lumberyard
where he worked after the incident leaving the still unconscious
victim.
When
he realized however that he left his shirt at the crime scene,
he went back and saw that the victim was still unconscious.
Thinking
that his victim was already dead, Meligorio rolled her into
a nearby cliff which was 54-meters high, according to police.
The
victim died about 10 p.m. last Thursday due to septic shock.
Charges
of rape with homicide were filed against Meligorio at the
Provincial Prosecutors Office last Friday. He is currently
detained at the Loboc lock-up jail.
DONATIONS
FROM RADIO LISTENERS
The
victim's father sought financial assistance over dyRD's Tagbilaran-by-Nite
Wednesday to cover medical expenses of his daughter who was
still fighting for life that time.
While
in the course of being interviewed over the radio program
however, news of his daughter's passing was aired by dyRD
reporter Jun Gutierrez at the Gallares Hospital.
This
spurred an outpour of donations from dyRD listeners until
midnight reaching a total of P15,000.
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