Chiong murder case (People of the Philippines v. Francisco Juan Larrañaga et al.

According to the prosecutors, at 10:00 p.m. on July 16, 1997, Larrañaga and six other defendants
kidnapped the Chiong sisters near a mall on the island of Cebu in the Philippines, raped them, and then
threw one of the sisters into a ravine. (This was later disputed as there was no formal identification of
the body, and later thought not to be the body of one of the sisters.[3]) The other sister was never
found

Davidson Valiente Rusia- claimed that he was with them in Ayala Center, Cebú early in the evening of
July 16,

defense lawyers sought to present evidence of his whereabout

on the evening of the crime—that Larrañaga, at that time 19 years old, was at a party at the R&R
Restaurant along Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City, and stayed there until early morning the following
day. After the party, the logbook of the security guard at Larrañaga's condominium indicates that
Larrañaga returned to his Quezon City condominium at 2:45 a.m.

Rowena Bautista, an instructor, and chef at the culinary center said Larrañaga was in school from 8 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. and saw him again at about 6:30 p.m on July 16.[3] The school's registrar, Caroline Calleja,
said she proctored a two-hour exam where Larrañaga was present from 1:30 p.m. Larrañaga attended
his second round of midterm exams on July 17 commencing at 8 a.m. Only then did Larrañaga leave for
Cebu in the late afternoon of July 17, 1997.

Airline and airport personnel also came to court with their flight records, indicating that Larrañaga did
not take any flight on July 16, 1997, nor was he on board any chartered aircraft that landed in or
departed from Cebu during the relevant dates, except the 5 p.m. PAL flight on July 17, 1997, from
Manila to Cebu.

James Andrew Uy.