At the end of February, the Bureau of Fire Protection held a parade featuring some of its trucks and equipment as well as new regular personnel: women firefighters. Vizconde said his quest for justice was continuing despite the end of the prescription period for the prosecution of his familys killers. Kung di ninyo ako pinabayaan, 'di ako magkakaganito. (Fuck you all! The SC required this test as necessary before a testimony of positive identification could be accepted as credible and with merit. : Directed by Carlo J. Caparas. Sign up now! The Vizconde murders remained unsolved for almost four years, until eyewitness Jessica Alfaro, a self-confessed former drug addict, came forward on April 28, 1995, to shed light on the massacre. I also updated them on the new twist in the investigation. That's all crap! 132577 People of the Philippines vs. Hubert Jeffrey P. Webb, 1999, G.R. 121234 Hubert Webb et al. The SC acquitted all the accused, reversing and dismissing the guilty verdict of the RTC and the CA. Webb's travel documents and other paper trail of his stay in the US are unreliable proof of his absence in the Philippines at the time of the commission of the crime charged. The Vizconde murder case, colloquially known as the Vizconde massacre, was the multiple homicide of members of the Vizconde family on June 30, 1991 at their residence at 80 Vinzons Street, BF Homes, Paraaque, Metro Manila, Philippines. The prosecutors, the RTC and the CA have been made aware of this fact by the defence. The Villadolid brothers were mentioned by a certain Rhoda Pujanes alias Dang, who claimed she overheard Villadolid and his friends, including Miguel Rodriguez and Michael Gatchalian (both co-accused of Webb), talking about the massacre during a pot session in 1991. Hello friends! Vizconde is clinging to the hope that even if this period ended Thursday, more concerned citizens will approach the National Bureau of Investigation to corroborate claims made by new witnesses that Webb was seen in BF Homes, Paraaque City, at the time of the murders. Hopefully, if they will surface, public pressure will snowball and I will finally get the justice I am looking for, he said. Vizconde Massacre: The hidden Truth - Facebook Rodolfo Sison, the police investigator originally assigned to the case in 1991. As a host of the program that carries my surname, I and my all-female staff have handled complaints from citizens, concerning abusive or arrogant policemen and other government functionaries. Hubert Webb of Vizconde Massacre Freed- Breaking News - theAsianparent My program is the originalsumbungan ng bayan sa radyo(roughly, citizens complaint center on radio). She also testified that Biong received money at a house that she later learned belonged to then Paraaque Congressman Freddie Webb; the Webb family's maids, Mila Gaviola and Nerissa Rosales, who both testified that Hubert Webb was at home on June 30, 1991. I incurred the ire of the citizenry, including some of my fellow columnists in theInquirer,for my defense of Hubert. Cabanacan said Webb had entered the subdivision (where the Vizconde house was located) a few days before the massacre and that he even identified himself as the son of then Congressman Webb. No. When the accused appealed the decision, the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed the judgement of conviction by the RTC. He adds, this Court takes judicial notice of reported irregularities and tampering of passports in the years prior to the recent issuance by the Department of Foreign Affairs(DFA) of machine-readable passports. The Vizconde massacre made headlines in the Philippines in the '90s and started a trend in filmmaking. Many of the stories in my columns in previous newspapers were complaints from citizens. Anyone can be paid! Vizconde marks 20th year of murders: Time to move on The tapes were restored by IBM while being monitored by the National Computer Center. The court said the "portion of Alfaro's story appears tortured to accommodate the physical evidence of the ransacked house" adding that "it is a story made to fit in with the crime scene although robbery was supposedly not the reason Webb and his companions entered that house". On SPO2 Cesar Fortuna, the RTC, the CA and the SC, accepted the fact that he was at Camp Crame, but the SC affirmed the RTC and the CAs conjecture that it was not impossible for him to have gone to Katipunan road, Blue Ridge, which is relatively near Camp Crame when the shooting happened around 8.40 in the morning. Two of the accused have also been acquitted by the RTC on the basis of their defence of alibis. Don't miss out on the latest news and information. Visconde Masscre - Weebly On Vizconde Massacre, Hubert Webb and the Quest for True Justice (1st It is that simple. [51] On March 18, Hubert Webb filed a lawsuit against Jessica Alfaro for false testimony at the Paraaque Prosecutor's Office. Evid. 4. X' key to real perpetrators of Vizconde murders? [4] In the Trial Court (People of the Philippines vs. Hubert Webb, et al., G.R. G/F, 52 Princess Margaret Road Theyre projecting Digong as a feeble old man still seeking power. No. 3. VIZCONDE MASSACRE CASE: This case is about the gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman, the murder of her 7-year-old sister and their mother on June 30, 1991 at their home in Paranaque City, Metro Manila. [65] One team uncovered Black Maria, a woman whom one witness said had told him she was with Webb's group inside the Vizconde home and saw the crime take place. [11], Alfaro's testimony was corroborated by other witnesses including: Lolita Birrer, a former live-in partner of policeman Gerardo Biong, who narrated the manner of how Biong investigated and tried to cover up the crime. Seven justices based its decision on the following points: Webb, citing Brady v. Maryland, said "that he is entitled to outright acquittal on the ground of violation of his right to due process given the States failure to produce on order of the Court either by negligence or willful suppression the semen specimen taken from Carmela." Like the accused in the Vizconde case and for any other cases for that matter, the accused in the Abadilla murder case also deserve equal protection of the law. Your subscription could not be saved. Lauro Vizconde the husband of Estrellita and father of Carmela and Jennifer, was in the United State on business when the murders took place. He also claimed to have heard Hubert shout, Putang ina nyo! Im still hoping for a miracle to happen. After she finished the laundry, she went to the servant's quarters. The presumption leaned on is disputable and can be overcome by evidence to the contrary. Hence, it was not physically impossible for them to travel to Quezon City via the North Expressway at the time the crime took place; On Augusto Santos, the corroboration of his brother-in-law, Jonas Padel Ayhon, that he was at the Jose Fabella Hospital when the crime happened, the CA rejected his corroboration because he was not an impartial witness and ruled that where nothing supports the alibi than the testimony of a relative, it deserves scant consideration. Footnote: This article comprises the text of a statement issued by the Asian Human Rights Commission, AHRC-STM-266-2010, dated 21 December 2010. Apart from Alejo, earlier there was another witness, Merlito Herbas. You are just a few clicks away from making This was how Lauro Vizcondes relatives summed it up on Thursday night after a Mass marking the 20th anniversary of the death of his wife Estrellita and daughters Carmela and Jennifer. Hell never return to the Philippines, said the Thai tourist whose cash was filched by Manila airport security personnel. This policewoman is either ignorant of the law or plain lazy. The court also said that if Webb was in the U.S. when the crime was committed, the Alfaro's testimony would not hold together: "Without it, the evidence against the others must necessarily fall. Tel: +(852) 2698 6339 Massacre case in 1991 Webb was accused of raping Carmela Vizconde, 18, who was killed in her family's Paraaque home on June 30, 1991. But in the Abadilla case, not only did the SC affird the CAs ruling in rejecting the defence of alibi, it did not also question the CAs formulation of conjectures on which it based its judgement. Philstar.com is one of the most vibrant, opinionated, discerning communities of readers on cyberspace. The court argued that the cited case has been superseded by Arizona v. Youngblood, "where the U.S. Supreme Court held that due process does not require the State to preserve the semen specimen although it might be useful to the accused unless the latter is able to show bad faith on the part of the prosecution or the police". Vizconde Massacre | FreebookSummary The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption(VACC) asked Justice Antonio Carpio and his cousin Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales to take a leave while the case is being decided to avoid undue influence on the court's decision. 176389 / G.R. Besides the horror itself, the suspected perpetrators included high-society figures. The High Court put to question the quality of the testamentary evidence furnished by the witnesses. Rey and Jerry claimed they saw Webb playing basketball between the months of June and July 1991 during a league in BF Homes. Vizconde should go after the national government. Abadilla Case Decision from the Court of Appeals:http://campaigns.ahrchk.net/abadilla5/docs/A5-CAdecision.pdf. [22], On October 8, 2010, Webb filed an urgent motion for acquittal. The court also amended the award of damages from 100,000 pesos to 200,000 pesos, and also upheld the conviction of Biong as accessory to the crime "by abusing his public functions to conceal and destroy the physical evidence in order to prevent the discovery of the crime and by allowing the destruction of the physical evidence, Biong facilitated the escape of the principal accused. On June 30, 1991, Estrellita Vizconde and her two daughters: Carmela and Jennifer, were found lifeless inside their home in Paraaque. [24] This was categorically denied by the Supreme Court as Justice Carpio had in fact recused himself from the case and was not going to take part in the deliberation. This contradicted Hubert Webb's claim that he was in the United States from March 9, 1991, to October 27, 1992. LIKE me to support Mr. Vizconde . The Vizconde Massacre: God, Help Us! (1993) - IMDb Indeed, her superior testified that she volunteered to play the role of a witness in the Vizconde killings when she could not produce a man she promised to the NBI. Hubert Jeffrey Webb sought for an acquittal after he had found out that the NBI could no longer produce the DNA specimen extracted from the cadaver of the rape victim. [18], In her decision, Tolentino described the testimony of defense witnesses as full of inconsistencies and biased. I became a villain in the eyes of the citizenry that was crying for blood; but I was steadfast. [2] Tolentino said the certificates issued by the US Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Philippine Bureau of Immigration "could have easily been obtained by the powerful Webb family". Alfaro, who had "practically lived" at the NBI's offices, would have been able to hear about the details, and gain access to the documents, without difficulty. He and six others spent 15 years in jail. Includes gruesome real photos from the crime scene. LYN RILLON. Nephews had posted a banner declaring Truth prevails 20 years after and demanding Final justice for the Vizconde massacre victims, in apparent reference to government probers claims that, contrary to his alibi, released murder convict Hubert Webb never left the country. No two persons have the same DNA fingerprint, with the exception of identical twins. But feeling uneasy, she decided to go up to the stockroom near Hubert's room to see what he was doing. February 26, 2021. . [53], Lauro Vizconde, family patriarch and the founding president of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption, died on February 13, 2016, at the age of 77. Like Alejo, Herbas also at first instance identified Joel de Jesus as one of the gunmen during a police line-up but later withdraw his statement in open court. A second movie, The Untold Story: Vizconde Massacre II May The Lord Be With Us, was released in 1994 and starred Vina Morales as Carmela and Joko Daz as an assailant. They are Lenido Lumanog, Augusto Santos, Senior Police Officer 2 (SPO2) Cesar Fortuna, Rameses de Jesus and Joel de Jesus. A news report on Thursday in Business Mirror that headlined Senate grills defense brass on plans for EDCA expansion, sites raised much curiosity for its sheer lack of detailed information. It was Alejo who had positively identified Joel and Lorenzo (delos Santos) during a police line-up. They were sentenced to reclusion perpetua and ordered to indemnify the Vizconde family Php 3 million for the murders. [46], President Benigno Aquino III ordered the law enforcement agencies to re-investigate the case six months before the prescription period lapses. The Truth about Mendiola Massacre - Philippine True Crime Stories | Martin Rules. [12] (Under Philippine law, generally, alibi is the weakest defense, especially where there is direct testimony of an eyewitness, duly corroborated by another. The court considered the accused's "lack of interest in having such test done" in which they concluded that the state "cannot be deemed put on reasonable notice that it would be required to produce the semen specimen at some future time".[29]. On April this year, the Webbs filed an urgent motion to acquit when they found out that the NBI no longer has custody of the specimen that was taken from the body of the rape victim, Carmela Visconde.