Girl raped, killed in mall toilet

An eight-year-old girl allegedly murdered in a Perth shopping centre was attacked while her uncle and brother were just metres away, knocking on the door of the disabled toilet where she died, police believe.

A 21-year-old man was yesterday charged over the death of Sofia Rodrigez-Urrutia-Shu, who police believe was snatched at random before allegedly being sexually assaulted and killed at the Livingstone Market Place shopping centre in suburban Canning Vale.

The schoolgirl, from the neighbouring suburb of Banjup, left her uncle, 14-year-old brother and 11-year-old sister to go to a toilet in the shopping centre about 4pm on Monday, police said.

When Sofia failed to emerge within a few minutes her uncle and brother searched the female and male toilets but could not find her.

They got no response when they knocked on the locked door of the disabled toilet, where police say the girl was probably being attacked at the time.

After searching the car park, her brother returned to the toilets and found Sofia’s naked body on the toilet floor as a man fled the scene.

The boy briefly gave chase before returning to his sister’s body, police said.

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