A tragic update to the post from last week. The Chinese news outlet that first broke the story has reported that Phoebe, the 8-year-old girl in hospital, died last night due to her injuries that doctors say were caused by external trauma.
While the girl reportedly told a volunteer that the injuries were from her foster father, other volunteers have claimed that she had been involved in a bicycle accident. Her un-authorized foster father, Ray Wigdal, is still missing, however the 10 other children that were in his care have all been taken to a child protection center in Lido, according to That’s.
That’s also reports, “a number of online comments from people who claim to have met Widgal say that he was fully devoted to the children and expressed surprise at the allegations. Other media outlets have used the fact that he has not been seen, and was not present at the hospital, to infer that he is considered a suspect and is on the run from abuse charges.”
