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Lt. Col. Boac vs. Cadapan

LT. COL. ROGELIO BOAC, LT. COL. FELIPE ANOTADO AND LT. FRANCIS MIRABELLE SAMSON, Petitioners, vs. ERLINDA T. CADAPAN AND CONCEPCION E. EMPEÑO, Respondents.

G.R. Nos. 184461-62 | 2011-05-31

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N
 
CARPIO MORALES, J.:
 
At 2:00 a.m. of June 26, 2006, armed men abducted Sherlyn Cadapan (Sherlyn), Karen Empeño (Karen) and Manuel Merino (Merino) from a house in San Miguel, Hagonoy, Bulacan. The three were herded onto a jeep bearing license plate RTF 597 that sped towards an undisclosed location.
 
Having thereafter heard nothing from Sherlyn, Karen and Merino, their respective families scoured nearby police precincts and military camps in the hope of finding them but the same yielded nothing.
 
On July 17, 2006, spouses Asher and...