The Magisterial inquiry into the death of the five-year-old girl, who went missing three days ago in Kotadeniyawa, has revealed that she was strangled and sexually abused, Police said.

Police Spokesman SSP Priyantha Jayakody said the magisterial inquiry and the postmortem examination had confirmed that the girl was murdered.

Her body was found yesterday (13) morning by Police in a canal near her house.

She had gone to sleep at her home with her parents, brother, grandfather and grandmother on Friday night and was found to be missing the next morning.