7-year-old girl found dead in Laguna with 28 stab wounds

A 7-year-old girl on Wednesday was found dead at her neighbor's house in San Pedro, Laguna with 28 stab wounds.

According to a report by Ivan Mayrina on GMA News' 24 Oras, Eleona Mychie Remoquillo was found at Heredia compound in Barangay Guyab at 4 p.m. after resident saw "red water" tickling out of their house.

The suspect is a 15-year-old boy who had moved into the area two months ago to take care of his sister's child.

"Ako diyan lang mga tatlong hakbang sa pinto tapos yung batang lalaki nakita namin may hawak pang kutsilyo. Tapos sabi ko hoy ano ba nangyari sayo. Sabi niya, 'kuya naghihiwa ako ng talong nahiwa ang kamay ko'," witness Rico Heredia said.

The suspect denied the allegations against him.

According city social welfare officer Ma. Fatima Autor the suspect narrated that a masked man with a tattoo on his right arm went inside their house carrying the girl.  The man punched him in the stomach and placed a towel over his face that made him unconscious.  

The suspect's sister said she would allow her brother to be investigated. 

"Kung may kinalaman man po 'yung kapatid ko hindi po namin kakampihan 'yan. Tinatanong po namin siya paulit-ulit kahit po in private ganun po talaga sinasabi niya, wala siyang kinalaman," she said.

Some residents in the area expressed disbelief to the suspect's claim about the presence of a masked man.  They said they would have noticed if a stranger entered the area. 

"Sa ngayon po wala po tayo ng ibang suspek kundi po yung ating minor offender so hinihintay lang po namin yung resulta ng crime lab," San Pedro Police Master Sergeant Lisa Ballad said.

The suspect, youngest of his siblings, was bullied that made him stop schooling, according to initial findings of social welfare officers.

"Unang tinitignan namin dun yung poverty, kung ang bata ay neglected, ang bata ay biktima ng bullying at nauwi sa depression,"  Autor said. —Joahna Lei Casilao/LDF, GMA News