An eleven-year-old girl from Sibulan, Oriental Negros, succumbed to multiple stab wounds after she was attacked and allegedly raped by an ex-convict a few meters from her house, at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday in Sitio Ata-ata in Barangay San Antonio.

The victim, Mary Jane Calintig, was found by her mother being attacked by the suspect, but it was too late. She had sustained 22 stab wounds on her chest and died on the way to the hospital.

The girl's mother, Luzviminda Calintig Fulmaran, who works for a burger stand at the Sibulan town proper, said her daughter usually stayed up until she returns home from work at night.

On Saturday night, however, the mother said she noticed that her daughter was missing from her house, prompting her to search in the neighborhood, but her neighbors told her they did not see the girl.

Luzviminda recounted that when she called out the girl's name, she heard moaning from about 30 meters away from their house, and as she ran toward where the sound came from, she saw her daughter bloodied, with the suspect still on top of her.

The mother said she immediately jumped on the suspect, who managed to flee, but was arrested the following day by the Sibulan police after she positively identified him.

Ehorpe is said to be an evacuee from Guihulngan town in the province and lives in the same neighborhood where the victim and her family reside.

The victim's younger brother said he recalled hearing somebody calling out at their gate, and noticed a man come in.

The girl got up and went to the door to check on the visitor, the boy said.

On Monday, the police filed charges of rape with homicide under Republic Act 7610 or the Anti-Child Abuse Law, against Ehorpe, reportedly an ex-convict who had been released from the National Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa in June 2004, after having served a prison term for murder.*JG

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