Two young girls from Davao City who were reported missing personally appeared before the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) and clarified that they were not kidnapped.
This is in light of the viral posts on social media which netizens shared alleging they were kidnapped in Matina Aplaya and Binugao, Toril this month.
In a press briefing on Monday, Kristine, 17, told the reporters that she was not kidnapped after she went missing since August 23.
“Walay nahitabo nga kidnapping or bisan unsa. Ako mismo ang nihawa sa among balay tungod sa personal issues (There was no kidnapping or anything happened. I was the one who left our house due to personal problems),” she said.
“Gina-clarify nako ni karon tungod ang ubang post kay exaggerated lang kaparehas anang gi-kidnap ko pero, wala jud na nahitabo (I am just clarifying this since there exaggerated posts that I was kidanpped but the truth, it was not)”Kristine added.
Kristine said she just rode a bus going to Bukidnon that day because of her anxiety over a health condition particularly due to a cyst found on her breast.
She said there were many things came to her mind such as the incident that their house was gutted by fire last year.
Kristine said she wants to help her parents by allowing her to work but to no avail which became the reason she fled.
She said on that day, her aunt posted on social media and stated that she wen missing. But, there were netizens who shared it and some posted that she might be kidnapped in line with the Jovelyn Galleno incident in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.
Kristine said her foster family in Bukidnon advised her to go home because her parents might be worried because of the wrong information circulated in social media about kidnapping.
She said personnel of DCPO and Ecoland Police Station made an effort to reach her and she returned last Sunday.
For her part, Angel,12 who reportedly went missing on August 27, also denied she was kidnapped in Binugao Gym.
The young girl said she fled from their house because of the admonition of her parents for excessive screen time on her smartphone.
She said that because of this, her parents decided to drop her out of school for too much loitering outside home, aside from excessive use of phone.
Angel also denied that she fled due to pregnancy as circulated by some netizens in Facebook.
Around 7p.m. of the said date, she went to the gym near the highway, a pick-up stoped and the driver who he desribed that around 50-years-old kept calling her.
“Tapos ni-parking siya, unya giistoryahan ko niya kung pwede ba daw ko? Niana ko nga pwede kay gikan pa man gud ko nilayas tapos wala pakoy katulugan (He parked and told me if he could give a ride? I told him, he could since I just fled from our house and I am finding a place to sleep),” she said.
Then, she said the man took him inside the vehicle and while driving he asked her why she fled out of their house.
Angel said after she told the man her reason, few moments after he asked her to have sex but she rejected it. She asked the man where would he go and the latter responded General Santos City because he lived their.
The young girl said the man told her to bring her in General Santos City and returned her the next day and she agreeed since that time she was not in the right mind.
Along the way, Angel said the man kept on touching her legs and other parts of her body but I resisted.
“Naa may mitawag sa iyaha, nakadungog ko babae ang tingog. Niana siya sa akoa ng hilom kay naay nanawag sa akoa. Mao to, didto nako nahadlok (Someone called him, I heard it was a voice of a woman. He told me to be quiet because he has a phone call. That time, I am already scared him), ” she said.
When they reached General Santos City, the man parked in a certain place and told her go down because they need change vehicle and would use his motrocyle instead.
Angel said, she waited for the man to walk to get his motorcyle until he got her chance and ran away then asked for help.
She said the people who helped her called the police and she was endorsed to one of the police stations of General Santos City Police Office (GSCPO).
The GSCPO coordinated with the Women’s and Children’s Protection Desk of Toril Police Station and she was turned-over on Sunday.
DCPO director Col. Alberto Lupaz said that the appearance of the two missing persons proved that there was no kidnapping incident in the city and information spread in the social media are fake and not true.
