BARILI, CEBU -- Ellah Joy Pique, 6, found dead at the foot of a cliff along the national road in Barangay Sayaw, Barili town, more than 40 kilometers away from home.
Her naked body was tightly wrapped, along with three rocks, in two cream-colored blankets. Gray cables snaked around the tiny bundle.
The discovery ended a frantic search by her father Renante, 40, who began looking for Ellah at 5 p.m. Tuesday when she failed to come home from the Calajo-an Elementary School in Minglanilla town.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) Crime Laboratory in Central Visayas will conduct an autopsy on the body, which was dumped near a beach resort.
Ellah's two classmates and companions said that they were heading home from school when the black car, with brown lines on its sides, stopped in front of them.
This happened just a few meters away from the school.
The two children remembered that the license plate number ended in "679" but couldn't recall the prefix.
According to the children, the woman told Ellah to get inside the car.
"Day, sakay diri kay ihatud tika sa inyoha, kaila mi sa imong mama (I'll bring you home. I know your mother)," she reportedly said.
Without any hesitation, Ellah, who was very friendly, got inside and sat on the woman's lap. She waved goodbye.
That was the last time her friends saw Ellah alive.
Laurel, in an interview with Sun.Star Cebu, said they are trying to come up with the sketches of the Caucasian man and the Filipino woman, through the help of the two witnesses.
