Suspects in rape-murder of deaf-mute caught in Cebu

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http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/06/16/11/suspects-rape-murder-deaf-mute-caught-cebu

Three suspects in the rape and murder of deaf-mute Cherame Gitgano over the weekend are now in the custody of the Lapu-Lapu City police office.

Fiel Pinote, Renante Limpangog and LG Mesa were turned over by officials of Barangay Basak to the police. The 4th suspect, identified only as Julius and believed to be the mastermind in the crime, is still at large.

A star witness identified the suspects to police. According to the witness, he invited Cherame for a talk outside the barangay disco.

Cherame was said to have followed him behind the "peryahan" where he answered the call of nature.

It was at this point, according to the witness, that the 4 suspects appeared.

The suspects held him down while they took turns in raping the girl.

The witness said Cherame was raped in 2 locations behind the "peryahan."

The suspects allegedly smashed Cherame's face with a stone. Her dead body was found Monday afternoon in a grassy portion in Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu after she was reported missing last Sunday.

The suspects, however, denied the accusations.

Cherame's family said they are thankful that the 3 suspects have been arrested.
 
Deaf group shows support for rape-slay victim

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/06/17/11/deaf-group-shows-support-rape-slay-victim

Members of the Cebu Association of the Deaf trooped to Lapu-Lapu City Police Station in Cebu on Friday upon learning of the arrest of the rapists and murderers of 17-year-old deaf-mute Cherame Gitgano.

The group went to the police station to show their condemnation for the brutal act.

The three suspects, Fiel Pinote, Renante Limpangog and LG Mesa, were arrested Thursday after being identified by a witness.

Another man, believed to the crime’s mastermind, is still at large.

The group’s representative Janice Appari said they are sympathizing with Gitgano’s family, whose members are still suffering from the traumatic event.

“We want justice for Cherame,” Appari said through an interpreter. “We want for the abuses against deaf people to end.”

Appari added that parents of deaf and mute people should show support for the children by sending them to sign language schools.

The group also met with Cherame’s parents during the victim’s wake.

Cherame’s father Rolando Gitgano became emotional upon seeing the group, saying that he remembers his daughter who is also using sign language.

“It was hard for me to see my daughter in such a horrible state, with her eyes sticking out and other parts of her face deformed,” Gitgano said in vernacular.

Meanwhile, JP Juanes of the Gualandi Volunteers Service Program (GVSP), said the group is doing all it can to support the deaf community by empowering them through self-defense classes.
 
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