Four indicted in rape of girl

Four men were charged for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl in Poblacion, Boljoon, Cebu last July 20.

The four were Erland “Eric” Vallejos, a certain “Dodong Li”, a certain “Dodong Gamay,” and a certain “Alipio,” according to the complaint filed against them at the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office the other day.

The victim, reported as a mentally retarded, told the Boljoon police that she was in a videoke bar with her friend Rannie, playing “dampa,” when Dodong Li came and asked her to go with him to sitio Kalimang of the town’s Poblacion.

Knowing and trusting Li, the girl acceded and went with him but, she narrated that he took her instead under a bridge where he allegedly raped her.

After Li was done, Dodong Gamay alleged arrived and kissed her on the cheek. She said she refused to be kissed and this prompted Gamay to leave the scene.

Then came Vallejos who, she said, also raped her. The following day, last July 21, the girl said she was raped by “Alipio” inside the latter’s house.

The girl, who had just entered Grade 1, narrated that she has no permanent home, and sometimes lives with her aunt, Erlinda Carabayas, and in other times in Alipio’s house. “Wala naman koy Papa unya ang akong Mama naminyo na sa lain, tua sa Mindanao,” she told the police.

A medical certificate of the girl, attached to the complaint, stated that there were “no signs of physical trauma such as ecchymosis, contusions, lacerations or any other significant findings but the girl’s hymen was not intact anymore and there were mild abrasions in her private part.”  — Jasmin R. Uy/RAE