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PEOPLE vs Adel Tuangco, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ADEL TUANGCO, NELSON PINEDA, JR. and SONNY TUANGCO, accused. / ADEL TUANGCO and SONNY TUANGCO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 130331 | 2000-11-22

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

In the morning of January 4, 1995, the naked cadaver of Aurea Eugenio, a bookkeeper employed by the Centro Escolar University Credit Cooperative in Manila was found lying beside a creek about 50 meters away from the national highway in Apalit. Her body bore multiple stab wounds and her private parts were bloodied and showed signs of sexual abuse.

On May 18, 1995 two informations were filed in court charging Adel Tuangco y Dizon, Nelson Pineda Jr. alias "Jun Tattoo"[1], and Sonny Tuangco y Dizon alias "Baba" with the crimes of rape with homicide and theft.

The Information in Criminal Case No. 95-1609(M) states:

"That...