Angeline.(Facebook-Find Angeline)

After conducting a post mortem lasting around one-and-a-half hours, the police have released the results of an autopsy on the remains of 8-year-old Angeline, who was missing for nearly a month and was later found buried behind her stepmother's house on Jl. Sedap Malam, Denpasar, Bali, on Wednesday.

Forensics Division head IB Putu Alit announced in Bali that Angeline had been presumed dead for three weeks.

In the autopsy, the police found signs of violence, namely bruises on the face, neck, hands and legs.

"We saw a burn wound possibly from a cigarette butt on her right back. We can confirm that the cause of her death was because of the head wound," Putu Alit was quoted by tribunnews.com as saying.

He added that the team also discovered traces of plastic rope in four places on the body.

Angeline was reportedly last spotted playing in front of her house on a Saturday afternoon.

Since her disappearance, social media users had shared pictures of Angeline in an effort to find her. (dmr)(+++)

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