MISSING 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL FOUND DEAD IN SUGARCANE PLANTATION IN NEGROS OCC.

A FEMALE teenager who had been missing since July 29 was found dead on Wednesday in a sugarcane plantation in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental.

Victim Pearl Joy Galve, a Grade 10 student of Sum-ag National High School and a resident of Bgy. Sum-ag, is already in an advanced stage of decomposition when found at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday in Hacienda San Roque, Bgy. Cubay, La Carlota City.

One of the workers in the hacienda discovered Galve’s body at a sugarcane plantation some 700 meters away from the main road.

The victim was wearing white t-shirt, shorts, socks, and shoes when found.

She was positively identified by her mother, Jennifer, who immediately went to La Carlota City upon learning that there was a dead body found.

Initial investigation showed the victim was to meet someone when she went missing.

The La Carlota police are working together with the Bacolod police to recover CCTV footage and track the victim’s mobile phone for possible leads to solve the case.