A second look at the Vizconde Massacre

December 15, 2010 – Philippines, After two decades of seeking for justice, the Vizconde Massacre still has a tight emotional grip on Filipinos. After the Supreme Court upturned the murder conviction of Hubert Webb and six others on December 14 and the world witnessed a weak and inconsolable Lauro Vizconde.

Many Filipino gave their insights on the case result; some of them aired their support for Vizconde and his continuing quest for justice. While some opinion is divided over Webb’s innocence, many agreed that 15 years in jail is too short for a guilty man — and too long for an innocent man.

If we will do a records search on this case, the said massacre happened on June 30, 1991 at their house in BF Homes, Parañaque City, Philippines. It was a multiple homicide of the Vizconde Family.

Findings:

Estrellita (47 years old) - suffered thirteen stab wounds

Carmela (18 years old) - seventeen stab wounds and had been raped before she was
killed

Jennifer (7 years old) - nineteen stab wounds.

Mr. Lauro Vizconde the father was in the United States by that time when the murder took place. It was a sensational story and the media had a field day. An anti-crime group was formed which launched a media barrage and the public lapped it up. Background checking the accused persons, they all came in a popular and influential families. Suspects are Hubert Webb, Antonio Lejano II, Hospicio Fernandez, Michael Gatchalian and Miguel Rodriguez. The case was unsolved for almost four years until a witness Jessica Alfaro appeared and testified against these persons. They were convicted by a lower court and the Philippine Court of Appeals but now acquitted by the Philippine Supreme Court.

Still with all the people affected it is more painful for Mr. Vizconde who says that he was “puzzled” and “disgusted” at how the Supreme Court reversed a ruling that has been affirmed by a local court and the Court of Appeals. He also said that now that the Supreme Court acquitted all the accused in this case, they should do their part to help him find the real killers to prove that the people they had acquitted were really innocent.

“I no longer expect justice in the laws of man. But I believe that in the end God will judge those who are lying and those who are saying the truth.” He wished the Webb family luck, saying Hubert and the six others were “fortunate" that “circumstances favored them."

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