The neighbour of a nine-year-old girl who went missing on Sunday told police he had raped and murdered her before dumping her body in the Caribbean Sea.
Liz María Sánchez was last seen Sunday morning walking into an alley in the eastern Santo Domingo neighborhood of Ensanche Isabelita in the Dominican Republic.
Liz's mother Liselot García told Dominican newspaper Hoy on Thursday that her daughter had reportedly told friends she was going to visit the home of Esterlín Francisco Santos, 40, to pick up a cellphone he had promised her as a gift, before she disappeared.
Santos reportedly admitted to police that he was culpable before U-turning when he appeared in court, claiming police had coerced the confession, and pleaded not guilty.
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