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Rape Cases in The Philippines
Rape Cases in The Philippines
Rape Cases in The Philippines
The following are just some of the most unspeakable rape-slay cases that have
shocked the Philippines.
The next day, a body of a girl about the same age as Silawan was found in a
field, the skin and muscles on her face carved clean right down to the bone,
revealing the skull, eyeballs still intact. She also had over 30 stab wounds on
different parts of her body, some of these were defense wounds. Photos of the
gruesome scene quickly went viral on social media. People learned that bone
was really white.
Police had a hard time identifying the victim because of what was done to her
face. Eventually, they identified her as Christine based on DNA results. Her
mother was inconsolable.
Nearly a month later, police arrested 42-year-old Renato Payupan Llenes, who
confessed to the crime. According to Llenes, he posed as a different person on
social media and lured Silawan to meet with him. He became obsessed with
Silawan, and when he learned that she had relationships with other boys, he
became jealous and enraged, so he killed her.
Llenes also detailed how he was inspired by the Momo Challenge that urged
children to commit various crimes and self-harm.
When Llenes was asked where he learned to carve skin and muscle off the
bone, he answered that he learned it on social media sites such as YouTube
and Facebook. Llenes used scissors to remove skin and muscle off Silawan’s
face, revealing her skull with her eyeballs still intact.
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Carmella was raped before she was murdered, sustaining 17 stab wounds.
Jennifer, who was only 6 years old, had 19 stab wounds. The massacre left the
nation in disbelief. There had been no leads in the case until, in 1995, Jessica
Alfaro stepped forward as a self-described key witness to the crime.
Alfaro’s testimony sent shockwaves around the nation: she implicated the sons
of some of the country’s wealthiest and powerful families. Among the accused
were Hubert Webb, Antonio Lejano II, Hospicio Fernandez, Michael
Gatchalian, Miguel Rodriguez, Peter Estrada, Joey Filart and Artemio
Ventura. Webb is the son of former senator Freddie Webb.
According to Alfaro’s testimony, she was friends with the suspects, and they
were having a “drug session” when Hubert Webb allegedly decided to rape
Carmela Vizconde. Alfaro said that when they got to the residence, Webb
instructed her to come with him because Estrellita would only allow Carmela
to entertain female guests. Once in the residence, Alfaro claimed that Webb
followed Carmela to the dining room, so she went out to have a smoke. From
outside the house, Alfaro said she saw Lejano and Ventura take a knife from
the kitchen, and proceeded to kill the mother first.
Alfaro further explained that after Estrellita was killed, Webb proceeded to
rape Carmela, but Jennifer woke up and saw what he was doing to her sister,
so she jumped on Webb and bit him. Alfaro reported that Webb threw
Jennifer across the room to a wall, then stabbed her repeatedly. Alfaro’s
testimonies were corroborated by other witnesses.
On the other hand, Webb's legal team argued that Alfaro’s testimony should
not be considered reliable because she admitted that she, too, was intoxicated
during the events of the murder.
Almost a decade after the massacre, on January 6, 2000, the court ruled that
Webb and company were guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
After another decade, In December 2010, the Supreme Court reversed the
lower court’s decision, ruling that the prosecution failed to prove that Webb
and company were guilty beyond reasonable doubt. Webb was acquitted and
then released from prison right after.
The Supreme Court decision broke the heart of Lauro Vizconde, who, since the
murder of his family, dedicated the rest of his life with the group Volunteers
Against Crime and Corruption. Lauro passed away in 2016.
On July 17, 1997, sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong went missing.
According to the prosecution, Jacqueline and Marijoy were waiting for a ride
home when they were forced into a car at about 10 p.m. on July 16, 1997 at the
Ayala Center Cebu.
Some people consider Paco Larrañaga lucky that he is a citizen of the powerful
and influential European Union, but for the six of his co-accused, they remain
in prison to this day.
In 46 pages, the Supreme Court laid down its decision of convicting Jalosjos:
“For all we know, Jalosjos may have found a distinct and complete sexual
gratification in such kind of libidinous stunts and maneuvers, Jalosjos may
have reached that point where he would rather have sex with a girl of tender
age, who could even pass as his granddaughter.” “Topped with the thrusting
motions by Jalosjos, the resulting pain by the victim in her sex organ was no
doubt a consequence of consummated rape,” read part of the Supreme Court’s
decision.
In December 1996, just before the government could issue a warrant of arrest
at the Batasan, Jalosjos fled. He hid in a remote island near Bataan. Agents of
the National Bureau of Investigation eventually tracked him down.
In 1997, the Supreme Court ruled with finality the guilty verdict on Jalosjos
for the multiple statutory rape of an 11-year-old girl. He was given a life
sentence.
On May 28, the police discovered in Malabon a badly wrapped package that
contained different body parts: a pair of legs, chopped into 4 pieces. The body
parts were wrapped with newspaper that was dated May 14th. They were
handed over to the police by garbage collectors, who reported that the package
felt cold, as like frozen meat being defrosted. They knew it was a woman’s
because of the well pedicured toenails.
A day later, a similar package was found on EDSA, near Guadalupe Bridge,
this time containing a torso. Like the first one, it was wrapped in newspaper,
but dated May 23.
The police concluded that these body parts had to be from one person, so they
suspected that the hands they found in Recto Avenue a week earlier belonged
was connected to these other body parts. Luckily, the police had Lulu’s
fingerprints on file, which they got when she applied for police clearance years
prior. They identified the body as Lulu’s.