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PEOPLE vs Aldrin Licayan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALDRIN LICAYAN y SUCANO (At Large), accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 144422 | 2002-02-28

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Five-year old Rowena C. Bangcong, the only girl among her siblings, was beaten, raped and killed. Her bruised and battered body which was flung into a nipa swamp was discovered the following morning after a massive search.

For the brutal rape-slay of Rowena, herein accused Aldrin Licaya y Sucano was charged with Rape with Homicide in an Information[1] which alleges -

That on the 25th day of June 1999 at around 7:00 o'clock in the evening, more or less at Barangay Inobulan, Municipality of Salay, Province of Misamis Oriental, Republic of the Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the...