13-year-old found dead in floating sack in Pili, Camarines Sur

The body of a 13-year-old girl was found inside a sack floating in the Binasagan River in Camarines Sur on Sunday.

According to a report by Jessica Calinog on GMA Regional TV Balitang Bicolandia, the 13-year-old victim went missing on Saturday at Barangay San Jose in Pili.

The following day, the sack containing the victim's body was discovered in the river a few meters away from their home.

The body was unclothed from the waist down.

"The girl's father was the first one to see the cadaver," said Police Lieutenant Colonel Joffrey Todeño, the chief of the Pili Municipal Police Station.

On Sunday, a 32-year-old construction worker, a resident of the same barangay and allegedly a friend of the victim's family, was arrested by the authorities.

Todeño said he was a drinking buddy of the victim's father.

The suspect admitted that he was the one responsible but denied raping the victim.

The suspect reportedly said he strangled her because she was noisy.

The suspect's family has so far refused to give a statement.

The results of the examination of the victim's body are still awaited to determine if she was sexually assaulted by the suspect. —NB, GMA Integrated News