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PEOPLE vs Lacanieta,Ballenas & Gamad

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CESAR LACANIETA alias "Boy Alog", JERRY BALLENAS alias "Marlon Marquez" and Carlito Gamad, accused

G.R. No. 124299 | 2000-04-12

D E C I S I O N


GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

Consorcia Tayo (Consorcia) claims that her daughter, 19-year-old WILMA TAYO (WILMA) was abducted at gunpoint on March 20, 1987. WILMA was found dead the next day, her body bore signs that she was first raped then brutally stabbed ten times. Four persons were suspected as perpetrators of the crime: JERRY BALLENAS (BALLENAS) alias MARLON MARQUEZ, CESAR LACANIETA (LACANIETA) alias BOY ALOG, ALBERTO SALVADOR (SALVADOR) and CARLITO GAMAD (GAMAD). SALVADOR was shot dead during the police investigation and GAMAD was also shot dead after the re-investigation conducted by the Office of the Provincial Fiscal of...