
Originally Posted by
Juan Martinez
First few lines of the decision, penned by Chief Justice Davide. Ang yumaong dating associate justice ng korte suprema at talagang magaling na mag cross-examine ang abogado ng mga akusado dito na si JUSTICE SERAFIN CUEVAS--
"It all started with an altercation during a basketball game.*Three days later, or on 10 March 1992, the bodies of MARLON[1]*Ronquillo; JOSEPH Ronquillo; ERWIN Lojero; ANDRES Lojero, Jr.; and FELIX Tamayo were fished out of the murky waters of the Pasig River, filthy, bloated, putrid, and decomposing.*Postmortem examinations on the cadavers showed signs of foul play.
"MARLONs hands were tied at the back with a black electric cord.*He had lacerated wounds, contusions, ligature marks and hematoma.*He died from a gunshot wound on the head.[2]
"ANDRES hands were bound at the back with a plastic flat rope with four loops.*His genitals were cut off; and he had ligature marks, contusions, and hematoma.*The cause of his death was asphyxia by strangulation; hemorrhage, intracranial, traumatic.[3]
"JOSEPHs hands were hog-tied at the back using a basketball T-shirt. He also had ligature marks, contusions, lacerated wounds and fracture.*He died of asphyxia by strangulation; hemorrhage, intracranial, traumatic with skull fracture.[4]
"ERWINs body showed abrasions and burns.*There were cord impressions on his wrists and depressed fracture on his head and at the base of his skull.*He died of asphyxia by drowning with blunt head injury.[5]
"FELIX had abrasions on the left cheek and tie impressions on the wrists.*The cause of his death was asphyxia by drowning.[6]"