ITOGON, Benguet July 22 – The lifeless body of a 7-year old girl was recovered by concerned residents in Ampucao here, particularly below the Baguio-Philex road after she was reported to have gone missing for a day.
The identity of the victim was temporarily withheld but probers disclosed that at around 4 pm Tuesday, the young girl and two of her companions reportedly played near a canal while on their way home but the victim reportedly slipped and fell into the canal and was then carried away by the strong current.
However, the two companions of the victim did not tell to their parents about the incident until at around 9 am Wednesday when one of the victims was forced to narrated what happened to one of their neighbors.
Concerned residents immediately proceeded to the accident scene and were able to recover the lifeless body of the victim in the canal. The victim’s family members rescued to subject the victim’s body to autopsy after knowing what happened from her friends.