Kidnap claim of girl in Davao City fabricated, PNP says
A CCTV footage showed the girl wearing her school uniform and backpack before she was reported missing by her family after she failed to return home last Monday, July 14, 2025.
Police said the girl reportedly sent a voice message to her friends claiming she had been abducted and asking for help. The story spread quickly on social media.
'In the succeeding days, she randomly sent messages to her family and school's group chat for her rescue. In the evening of Wednesday, July 16, 2025, she was found along the road in Banas, in Brgy. Bato, Toril, Davao City,' Toril Police Station Chief, Major Sheryl Bautista, said.
Investigators found inconsistencies in the girl's statements during interrogation.
Authorities eventually found out that the girl was not abducted but had stayed with her alleged boyfriend in Maa.
Her school uniform and backpack were also recovered at the house of her alleged boyfriend.
'The story was fabricated. It was also found out that she was with her boyfriend in Maa when she was believed to be missing,' Bautista said.
The mother of the alleged boyfriend also confirmed the situation and claimed she sent the girl home upon learning about the situation.
'Mao to pagkabalo nako, gipauli dayon nako siya,' the mother of the alleged boyfriend said.
Instead of going home directly, the girl reportedly went to Barangay Bato where she preferred to be picked up by her parents.
A dialogue is being arranged by the police, the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWD), the girl, and her parents to address the incident.
Police are mulling filing a complaint against the girl for spreading false information online.
'We are contemplating on filing alarms and scandal in relation to RA 10175 or the Anti-cybercrime Act,' Bautista said.
Police also reminded the public not to post unverified information online as it can cause unnecessary panic and confusion.
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