A 17-year-old girl who had gone missing for four days was found dead early morning on Saturday in Indang, Cavite.
GMA News stringer Rossel Calderon reported Sunday that the body of Melissa Magracia, 17, was found in a river in Barangay Guyam Malaki at past 9 a.m. near the subdivision where she lived.
An initial police investigation showed that Magracia, a student at AMA College in Dasmariñas City in Cavite, was a resident of Belvedere Subdivision in Tanza and went missing on December 6.
Residents told the police that the victim was last seen in her school uniform and on that day, Melissa told her parents that she would go to meet a certain Elric Vidallo, who she said offered her a modeling job. That was the last time they saw her.
Melissa's parents told investigators that their daughter knew Elric through social networking sites.
They said that Elric's social media accounts were deactivated after Melissa went missing.
Police arrested Elric, 31, at his house in Barangay Harasan on Saturday noon. He has refused to comment on the incident.
Authorities will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of Melissa's death.