4. The “chop chop” lady

They say it’s a crime of passion that led to businesswoman Lucila Lalu’s death in 1967; she was chopped, and her body parts were found on different cities of Metro Manila. The initial suspects were her lover Florante Relos, her husband policeman Aniano de Vera, a dental student named Jose Luis Santiano and an unnamed printing firm executive—all said to be her lovers. Reports say that de Vera has the strongest motive to kill Lalu since he had recently discovered the affair and was the last person to see her before her death. However, they turned to a different angle when Santiano confessed the crime to investigator Sgt. Ildefonso Labao. Two days after, a certain Dr. Nora L. Ebio testified that Labao coerced Santiano to own up to the crime. So what really happened? We would definitely want to put some sort of closure to this case.

3. Vizconde massacre

It was the night of June 30, 1991 when three members of the Vizconde family, the youngest just 6 years young, were stabbed to death by a group of men in their house at BF Homes, Paranaque City. The family head, Lauro Vizconde, was in the United States for a business trip when it happened. The lead suspect was Hubert Webb, son of famous actor and politician Freddie Webb, plus 7 of his friends said to have been from prominent families. The trials started in 1995 after Jessica Alfaro, claimed to be the ex-girlfriend of one of the alleged suspects, came out in public and named Webb and his friends as the perpetrators. They were found guilty in 2000, and were sentenced to reclusion perpetua. However, 15 years later, The Supreme Court acquits Webb and his friends for insufficient evidence of guilt. It was one of the most heartbreaking cases, as Lauro Vizconde died early this year without knowing who the real killers were.

2. Dacer-Corbito double murder case

Fifteen years ago, political publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbito were abducted, tortured and killed by police officers. Senior Supt. Glenn Dumlao, the deputy chief for operations of Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF) Luzon was arrested in 2001. In his affidavit, he said that former President Joseph Estrada and Sen. Panfilo Lacson were involved in the killing, and Lacson’s aides, Senior Supt. Cezar Mancao and Michael Ray Aquino were included in the group who plotted it. After a twisted turn of events, with most of them even fleeing the country years ago to escape trial, we are left with no clear suspect to this day. Estrada and Lacson’s names have been cleared, and Mancao said last year that he “is willing to surrender”. So what now?

1. Pepsi Paloma case

Pepsi Paloma was a 14-year old budding actress handled by talent manager Rey dela Cruz. Stories say that she was picked up from a bar by Vic Sotto, Joey de Leon and their friend, comedian Richie D’Horsey then brought her to a hotel to rape her. It was also said that Tito Sotto covered it up by “co-ercing” Paloma to sign an “Affidavit of Desistance” to drop the rape complaint against the three comedians. Paloma died three years after; she was found in her apartment with a rope looped around her neck. It was ruled as a suicide and no charges were filed.

Paloma may be long dead, but the case continues to be controversial to this day.

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