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PEOPLE Vs. Leonardo Flores, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEONARDO FLORES, ALEX KING CRUZ, SERVILLANO PARI?AS and ERNESTO SARSOZA, defendants-appellants. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Francisco E. Antonio for defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 71980 | 1991-03-18

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

Quietly traversing the barrio road on her way home, unaware of the danger that lurked in the night, the victim, a registered nurse, did not have the slightest idea that she would fall into the abyss of death on that fateful night of September 21, 1984. She was mercilessly raped and killed by four men.

The morning after, her naked body with a branch of ipil-ipil inserted into her private part, was found lying prostrate with several hack and stab wounds. She was identified as Mercedes M. Dulay.

Having received a report on the killing, the police at Manaoag, Pangasinan immediately went to the irrigation...