Case
The case remained unsolved for almost four years until eyewitness Jessica Alfaro, a self-confessed former drug addict, came forward on April 28, 1995 to shed light on the killing of the Vizcondes. Alfaro implicated the children of wealthy and prominent families including Hubert Webb, Antonio Lejano II, Hospicio Fernandez, Michael Gatchalian, Miguel Rodriguez, Peter Estrada, Joey Filart and Artemio Ventura.
Alfaro's testimony coincides with the angle that was being explored by Supt. Rodolfo Sison, the police investigator originally assigned to the case in 1991. Sison was ordered to desist from further investigating that angle by then Philippine National Police Capital Region Commander Marino Filart after six members of akyat bahay gang(burglars) were arrested by Regional Police Unit in October 1991. The suspects said they were tortured and forced to confess to the crime before they were presented by Filart to the media. They were acquitted by a trial judge in September 1993 for insufficient evidence.
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