He'll get to be with his family now

MANILA - Lauro Vizconde, the man who lost his entire family in what later came to be known as the Vizconde massacre in 1991, has died, his niece Jonah Vizconde de Luna confirmed.

Vizconde died at 5:15 p.m. today in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Unihealth-Parañaque Hospital, where he had been confined since Friday. He was rushed to the hospital following his fourth heart attack.

In June 1991, Vizconde, who was then overseas, lost his wife and two daughters. The Vizcondes were stabbed to death in their home in Parañaque. His daughter Carmela was also raped.

Several men, including former Senator Freddie Webb's son, Hubert, were charged for the crime. They were eventually convicted by the trial court in 2000.

The Supreme Court, however, overturned the decision in 2010 and acquitted all of the accused.

Vizconde was the chairman emeritus of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC), a group he co-founded with Dante Jimenez in 1998.