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SPO4 Marino Soberano, et al. vs. The People of the Philippines

SPO4 MARINO SOBERANO, SPO3 MAURO TORRES and SPO3 JOSE ESCALANTE, Petitioners, versus THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 154629 | 2005-10-05

D E C I S I O N 


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.: 

In November 2000, the prominent public relations practitioner, Salvador "Bubby" Dacer, together with his driver, Emmanuel Corbito, was abducted along Zobel Roxas St. in the City of Manila. Their charred remains, consisting of burnt bones, metal dental plates and a ring, were later found in Barangay Buna Lejos, Indang, Cavite. They were positively identified by their dentists and by forensic pathologists from the University of the Philippines.[1] Both victims were killed by strangulation.[2] 

A preliminary investigation was conducted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) through a panel of...