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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs., ISIDRO COMESARIO y DACASIN, accused-appellant.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs., ISIDRO COMESARIO y DACASIN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 127811 | 1999-04-29

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

On 2 May 1989, at ten in the evening, seven-year old Reynaldo Fernandez was found dead near the bank of Oraan Creek in Brgy. Lelemaan, Manaoag, Pangasinan. His neck was slashed. He drowned. He had been missing as early as twelve noon that day. At first his parents thought that he was out playing in his grandmother's house. When dusk came, however, Reynaldo still could not be found.

Rodolfo and Emilia Fernandez, parents of the victim, could not think of somebody else other than accused-appellant Isidro Comesario y Dacasin as the perpetrator of the crime. Emilia narrated that sometime in February 1989...