Celebrated
rape cases in the Philippines
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| Chiong rape case | |||
| Year | Victim(s) | Suspect(s) | Notes |
| July 16, 1997 | Marijoy Chiong, college beauty queen, raped and killed
Jacqueline Chiong, raped (disappeared) |
The Supreme Court sentenced to death on February 3, 2004 the following
suspects:
James Anthony Uy, one of the seven suspects, was spared from the death penalty because he was only 16 at the time the crime was committed James Andrew Uy, older brother of James Anthony, was originally sentenced to death, but was downgraded to life imprisonment after the court found out that he was only 17 years old when the crime was committed. |
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.
The sisters were brought to a house in Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City, where they were raped. Then they were brought to Sitio Tan-awan in Carcar town, about 40 km south of here, where they were again molested. Marijoy's badly bruised body was found in a ravine in Sitio Tan-awan a day after the abduction. Jacqueline's body remains missing to this day. |
| Jalosjos case | ||
| Year | Victim(s) | Suspect(s) |
| 1996 | 11-year old girl, raped
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Zamboanga del Norte Congressman Romeo Jalosjos was found guilty
beyond reasonable doubt of two counts of statutory rape and six
counts of acts of lasciviousness..
The Supreme Court affirmed the lower court's decision sentencing Jalosjos to two reclusion perpetua. He was also ordered to pay the additional amount of P50,000.00 as civil indemnity for each count of statutory rape and acts of lasciviousness. The SC also increased to P50,000.00 the award of moral damages for each count of acts of lasciviousness. |
| Sarmenta-Gomez rape slay case | ||
| Year | Victim(s) | Suspect(s) |
| June 28, 1993 | Mary Eileen Sarmenta, 21, UP Los Baños student, raped and
killed
Allan Gomez, 19, boyfriend of Sarmenta, killed
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The Supreme Court found Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez
and six others were found guilty of seven counts of rape with homicide.
Each of them were sentenced to seven reclusion perpetua and were ordered to pay the respective heirs of Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez P700,000.00 as additional indemnity.
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| Vizconde Massacre | |||
| Year | Victim(s) | Suspect(s) | Notes |
| June 30, 1991 | Carmela Vizconde, 17, raped and killed
Estrellita Vizconde, a businesswoman, killed Jennifer Vizconde, killed
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Sentenced to a jail term of reclusion perpetua on January 6, 2000
by Judge Amelita G. Tolentino of the Paranaque Regional Trial Court:
Meted a jail term of 11 years, four months and one day to 12 years:
Ordered the immediate arrest of:
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The verdict came eight and a half years after the crime |
| Maggie de la Riva case | ||
| Year | Victim(s) | Suspect(s) |
| June 26, 1967 | Movie actress Magdalena "Maggie" de la Riva, 25, single
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Four suspects were convicted of forcible abduction with rape and
of three other crimes of rape. Each of them were sentenced to four
death penalties and were ordered to pay de la Riva P10,000.00 each.
Executed in 1972 full view of television cameras were:
Rogelio Cañal, one of the four, died in prison on December 28 |
