Charice's father murdered

Singer Charice's father murdered in Philippines

Charice's estranged father Ricky Pempengco was the victim of a horrible crime in her hometown of San Pedro, Philippines, yesterday. The star's father was in a local store when he reportedly accidentally bumped into a drunk man. The man immediately attacked Charice's dad, stabbing him in the chest and then fleeing the scene. Charice's father passed away from his injuries.

Charice(19)  and her father(40) "had been estranged for several years but Charice, who has been touring in South East Asia with David Foster, was hoping to reconcile with him."

It's really too bad that she was unable to reconcile with her father before he was murdered.

Charice will fly back to the Philippines and will not appear in the David Foster show in Singapore.