CAVITE – Authorities collared two suspects in the rape and killing of an 11-year-old girl in General Trias City on Thursday, June 13.
Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspects as alias CJ, a construction worker, and alias Alex, a driver.
On June 11, the body of the incoming Grade 6 victim was found in a forested area, with her upper garments raised upwards and her shorts pulled down.
Forensic examination by the Provincial Forensic Unit indicated that the victim had been sexually assaulted and strangled to death.
An investigation by the General Trias Component City Police Station (CCPS) led to the arrest of alias CJ and, later, alias Alex.
Both suspects are now under the custody of General Trias CCPS.
Police Regional Office 4A director Brigadier Gen. Paul Kenneth T. Lucas commended Cavite PPO and General Trias CCPS for their prompt action that led to the arrest.
“This is a standard and outstanding continuing police investigation and operation that resulted in the arrest of the suspects,” Lucas said in a statement.