The Chiong Murder Case Is One of TH

The Chiong murder case is one of the most controversial rape-slay cases in the
Philippines because of the amount of publicity it gained. Rumors surrounded the

case, including one that claims that the sisters were not murdered, but are
actually still alive and living in Canada. Another strange twist in the case is the
seemingly solid alibi of the lead suspect in the case.
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.
According to the Chiong family, Marijoy and Jacqueline were brought to a house in
Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City, where they were raped. Then, they were transported
to Carcar, where they were again raped. Two days later, Marijoy's body, bruised and
raped, was found at the bottom of a ravine in Carcar. Jacqueline's remains are
missing to this day.
For some reason, the prosecution identified Francisco “Paco” Larrañaga, as the
mastermind of the crime. In 2004, Larrañaga, along with six other men, were
convicted of raping and murdering the Chiong sisters.
But Larrañaga had an ironclad alibi: he was not in Cebu but in Quezon City the
whole time, attending his classes in school. The school logs actually show his
attendance, which was corroborated by his classmates and teachers. He even answered
an exam.
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the trials, from the lower court to the Supreme Court, were mishandled, and how the
state witness for the prosecution was unreliable. Despite the seeming lack of
evidence, Larrañaga and six other men were placed on Death Row.
Larrañaga holds dual citizenship as a Spanish-Filipino. He was extradited to for

Spain in 2009, and has since sought help from the entire European Union for his
case. Spain’s royal family appealed to the Philippines to admit a mistrial, while
the Spanish government and the European Union lobbied for the Philippines to
declare Larrañaga and his co-accused innocent.
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.
The Jalosjos Case (1996)

Romeo Jalosjos is a convicted child rapist. In June 1996 when he committed the
crime, he was congressman of Zamboanga del Norte.
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.
In 2007, then-president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo granted Jalosjos clemency and
commuted his sentence to 16 years only. He was released from prison in 2009. In
2017, he petitioned president Duterte to grant him a full pardon so he can run
again for public office.
Lucila Lulu Murder (1967)

Lucila Lu was the original “Chop-chop Lady,” a term that described women whose body
parts were dismembered and scattered across different parts of the city or province
to cover up the identity of the victim.
Sometime in the early ‘60s, Lu left her hometown in Candaba, Pampanga to seek her
fortunes in Manila, where she found a job as a waitress. When she saved up enough
money from her waiting tables, she put up her own salon at Manila’s red light
district. Then, in 1967, she disappeared.
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.
Lucila Lulu’s case remains unsolved to this day. Her gruesome death led to the rise
of urban legends and cautionary tales told to young girls so they come home early,
lest they become the chop-chop lady.

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The Chiong murder case is one of the most controversial rape-slay cases in the

Philippines because of the amount of publicity it gained. Rumors surrounded the

Give Up Tomorrow (2011) is an award-winning documentary that purports to show how

Larrañaga holds dual citizenship as a Spanish-Filipino. He was extradited to for

The Jalosjos Case (1996)

Lucila Lulu Murder (1967)

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