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PEOPLE vs. Salvador Peruelo

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SALVADOR PERUELO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-50631 | 1981-06-29

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

In the morning of October 19, 1971, Alex de Guzman, a motorized tricycle driver of Linoc, Binmaley, Pangasinan, was found dead near a fishpond in Maasin, Mangaldan, Pangasinan. The tricycle he was driving, was missing.

The autopsy performed by Dr. Numeriano Presto, Health Officer of Mangaldan, revealed that Alex de Guzman was stabbed with a long bladed weapon on the upper left side of the abdomen. There was a five to six inch-wound on the abdomen which perforated the liver and caused severe blood loss.

For some time, the police authorities of Dagupan City had no clue on the slaying of Alex de Guzman...