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People vs Benito Bravo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BENITO BRAVO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 135562 | 1999-11-22

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

On January 15, 1994 the decomposing body of a child was found in a vacant lot along the road leading to Patul, Rosario Santiago City.1 [Mico, tsn., June 26, 1997, pp. 4-6.] Her body was found between two concrete fences half naked, shirtless and skirt pulled up, her panty stuffed in her mouth.2 [San Mateo, tsn., April 26, 1995, pp. 12-13.] The body was identified to be that of a nine year old girl named Juanita Antolin, a resident of Rosario, Santiago City and known in her neighborhood as Len-len. Her body was found about 700 meters from her house putrid and in rigor mortis.3 [Tsn., June 7, 1995, p. 4.] The...