11Yr Old Girl Stabs Father To Protect Mother

[Duma]

Child stabs pa to protect mother 9/18/2012

“PRISOHON ko ani Ma? (Will I go to jail for this Ma?)”

An 11-year-old girl asked her mother this after she fatally stabbed her father inside their home in barangay Canbanua, Argao town, southern Cebu at past 11 a.m last Sunday.

The girl had watched her parents fight, and couldn’t stand by when her father clubbed her mother on the head with a piece of wood and looked ready to finish her off.

The 38-year-old man identified by police as Victoriano Alvarado managed to run away but was found dead in a grassy area about 100 meters away from the family home.

Insp. Alejandro Batobalonos, chief of the Argao police said Alvarado and his live-in partner Lucy Umpad had a heated argument over his allegd affair with another woman.

Alvarado was about to punch the woman, who who got a bolo and hacksaw, ready to defend herself.

Then Alvarado got a piece of wood and hit her on the forehead.

“That’s the time that their daughter got the knife in the cabinet and stabbed him,” said the police officer.

The 12-inch kitchen knife was intentionally hidden by the girl upon her mother's instructions so Alvarado couldn't use it against her.

Neighbors brought the wounded man to the Isidro Kintanar Memorial Hospital where he was declared dead by the attending doctor.

The girl’s mother sustained cuts on her left leg and fingers. She was treated in the same hospital.

The 11-year-old girl and two other sisters were temporarily turned over to the care of the Department of Social Welfare and Development but have a grandaunt as a guardian.

The 11-year-old told social workers she couldn't allow her mother to be killed. With her minor age, the child will not be turned over to the police or end up in jail under the Juvenile Justice Law.

Her action in defense of her mother, whose life was under threat would also weight heavily in any charges that may be filed.

She asked her mother “Ma, napatay nako si Papa? Prisohon ko ani Ma?” (Ma, did I kill Papa? Will I go to jail for this?)

“Wala pa ta kahibaw kay naa pa man sa hospital imong Papa (We don’t know yet because your father is still in the hospital),” the mother replied.

Police said the couple lived together for 15 years. Their eldest daughter is 13 years old while their youngest daughter is two months old.

The 11-year-old was described by her teachers as a “silent type.”

Her sisters were awakened after hearing their parents fight.

Alvarado reportedly shouted to her eldest daughter for help but she was unable to do anything because she was in a state of shock, Batobalonos said.

A neighbor, Miguel Tapales, said he and other residents heard the couple quarreling at past 11 p.m. but they just ignored them, believing that it was just one of their usual domestic quarrels.

But after several minutes, the 11-year–old daughter went to them and asked for help because she feared her father would return and kill all of them.

Batobalonos said they Police said a background check showed that Alvarado was fired from his job by Argao Mayor Edsel Galeos as driver for his EG&I Construction business more than a week ago over an illicent affair with a fellow driver's wife.

Batobalonos also confirmed that an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) fired Alvarado from his driver's job for having an affair with a married employee.

In her notebook, the 11-year-old daughter wrote a letter to her family expressing regret over the violence. But the letter was unfinished. The mother said her daughter told her that she thought Alvarado had killed her. /Rhea Ruth V. Rosell and Jhunnex Napallacan with Correspondents Carine M. Asutilla and Jessa Agua

I could not imagine how it would be for children to grow up in a violet household like this.....I hope the little girl gets the right help and councilling

Koala

[Mike S]

.I hope the little girl gets the right help and councilling

I agree but only for the violence against her and her mother ...... not for killing her father .... that to me was justified .... IMHO

[i am bob]

Too many family situations become a battleground... It's a catch 22 situation. Sure, a civilized divorce or separation would be great where the one who is making money pays support so nobody suffers... But many people don't make enough money for this to happen. So the family stays together and violence ensues. Is it any wonder that there are so many "black widow" murders that occur? This story sounds like the traditional hell marriage - yes I know they weren't "married" but in their eyes they probably were. The love was long gone as evidenced by the constant fighting heard throughout the neighbourhood. And not to mention the affair with a co-worker's wife. Getting caught and fired for that was probably the catalyst for this latest fatal battle. Does it make you wonder why so many young and beautiful women in the Philippines don't care about age in their relationships that will hopefully lead to marriage? Perhaps they are hoping that we older men are mature enough that we don't need to fool around and are looking for that one unadulterated love before our time is up.

Still waking up this morning - my thoughts are a little jumbled together... :mocking:

[Call me bubba]

The girl(child) did what any NORMAL person would do, To protect their loved one.

perhaps she went to the extreme , (repeat the above)

in the end the abuser/attacker is no more, the mother now will have to live therest of her life with this incident (with out this mans support) and this 11yo will know thatshe did what she had to do to protect her mother and family.

I just hope that she doesnt have any long term mental health issues,

Edited September 18, 2012 by Call me Bubba

[Papa Carl]

Thank you Duma for this post. Although sad, it was at least good to know that she will not be charged. This tugs at my heart, which is one of the reasons I came back to the Philippines after my first visit, to help with a situation similar to this that happened in Lamdas Negros Oriental.

Papa Carl

[brock]

I feel very sorry for the little girl, And with some care and love she will get over this,, My father was very abusive to my mother, and the same thing happened to me when I was 14 years old, My father was attacking my mother with an axe and I stabbed him, I was taken to court, But my father pleaded on my behalf and I was let off with a caution, The same thing happened again about a year later, But my mother would never leave him, Which I couldn`t understand, I didnt speak to the guy for 10 years, I hated him so much, I am just pleased that my sons and myself have a very loving relationship.

[i am bob]

I didnt speak to the guy for 10 years,

Are you on speaking terms now?

[brock]

Are you on speaking terms now?

He died 30 years ago, I,m afraid not soon enough for me

[i am bob]

It's good to see that you became a good man!

:tiphat:

[brock]

I like to think I am Bob, I have brought 2 sons up on my own to be fine young men with a family of their own.