Gruesome chop-chop/murder case in Talisy City

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UP until the time charges were filed against him yesterday, Richard Gudelosao insisted it was not his idea to kill and chop up the bodies of his future sister-in-law and her cousin in Talisay City.

Gudelosao, in his affidavit, pointed to his neighbor Joseph Roy Cellar (also known as Jojo delos Reyes), 23, as the one who was responsible for the brutal deaths of Maria Eva Mae Peligro and Gwendolyn Balasta last July 24.

But Cellar, in his affidavit of confession, claimed he was merely following Gudelosao’s orders.

The two, together with Gudelosao’s live-in partner Jean Antonette Medalle, 25, were brought to the Talisay City Prosecutor’s Office for the filing of double murder complaints.

The Talisay City Police headed by Supt. Romeo Perigo served as complainants while policemen from the Minglanilla Police Station were identified as the arresting officers.

Gudelosao, Cellar and Medalle waived their rights to a preliminary investigation so they will be charged with double murder before the Regional Trial Court in Cebu City today.

The arrival of the suspects drew City Hall workers, who left their workstations to catch a glimpse of the three at past 4 p.m.

Curious onlookers jostled each other at the door to Rubia’s office during the 45-minute inquest proceedings. Majority of them, however, preferred to stay outside the Hall of Justice building.

Commotion

A minor commotion ensued when Joshua Ybañez, Peligro’s brother-in-law, punched Richard in the face and stomach while he and the two other suspects were ushered to the police detention cell at City Hall.

Joshua is the husband of Mae’s younger sister Grace, who was also around.

PO2 Jaime Abellana, the duty jail officer, noticed blood dripping from Richard’s nose when he locked him up at the detention cell.

Gudelosao admitted before Rubia that he was responsible for tying up Peligro, only to stop her from making adverse reports about him to his US-based mother and brother, Felix.

Felix is Mae’s fiancée.

He claimed that he would release or untie her if she agreed to a compromise.

Richard added that it was Cellar who allegedly strangled Peligro and punched her repeatedly to stop her from screaming.

Cellar, for his part, said that what was stated in his affidavit of confession, executed before PO2 Harrison Quiñanola and lawyer Wendell Quiban, was all true.

His three-page affidavit gave gory details on how they brutally murdered both Peligro and Balasta in the afternoon of July 24.

The victims live with Richard in Azienda Firenze, a posh hillyland subdivision in Barangay Lawaan I, Talisay City.

Planning

Cellar said he and Richard had a drinking session after lunch. It was then that they planned on killing Peligro, who was in her room surfing the Net.

Cellar said that Richard told him to disconnect the computer modem to force Peligro to come out of her room.

When Peligro went out of her room at about 3 p.m., “it was then that Gudelosao said ‘Akong birahan, bak-api ko’,” read Cellar’s affidavit.

Richard then lunged at her and choked her.

When Peligro struggled and managed to free herself from Gudelosao’s grip, all she could say was “Jesus tabangi,” Cellar said.

Her yell was reportedly muffled by the stereo’s loud sound. Peligro lost consciousness after Gudelosao hit her in the abdomen and banged her head several times on the floor, he said.

After covering Peligro’s mouth with a packaging tape, Cellar said they brought her upstairs and tied her hands and feet.

Fearing that Balasta might have learned about what had happened to Peligro, Gudelosao also clamped Balasta’s neck with his arms.

‘Spare me’

Begging to spare her, Balasta reportedly said “Wa koy labot kuya, ayaw ko apila.”

By then, Cellar had already tied Balasta’s neck with a rope and repeatedly punched her “voice box,” causing her to collapse. He said they also brought her upstairs.

Cellar said they resumed drinking around 7 p.m. and went to Maracas, Lahug, Cebu City aboard Richard’s taxi, leaving the two victims behind.

They reportedly fetched Medalle and their three-year-old daughter and returned to Azienda Firenze, already bringing more than two kilos of salt, an insecticide spray, and a bottle of rubbing alcohol.

Medalle reportedly asked where the victims’ bodies and said “Ayoha na ninyo ug hipos ha kay naa ra ba kay bata nga gamay, basin mao na imo kaprisohan,” Cellar said.

Police said it was also Medalle who was reportedly responsible for cleaning up the mess after the bodies of Peligro and Balasta were chopped up.

But during the inquest, Medalle denied she was part of the crime, telling Rubia that it was only at 9 p.m. when she got a call from Gudelosao, telling her “mana,” and ayaw’g piyait.”

Gory details

In the same affidavit, Cellar also detailed the gruesome chopping up of the victims’ bodies inside the house.

Armed with a knife, Gudelosao began cutting up the lower extremities of Peligro, particularly on the knee part. He said they broke the joints to separate these from the body, chopped up both thighs and the pelvic area.

Using the same knife, Cellar admitted he cut off Peligro’s head as he was situated near it.

“Then I continued cutting both her forearms and again broke the joints,” he said.

Gudelosao also reportedly removed Peligro’s nose, shaved her right eyebrow and made some cuts on her face, Cellar said.

He said they did the same thing on Balasta’s body.

Cellar said it was almost 3 a.m. the next day when they completed their work and placed all the black bags containing the victims’ dismembered bodies inside the compartment of Gudelosao’s taxi.

Their first stop was a cliff in Sitio Camp 5, Barangay Manipis where the two dumped the first batch of black bags.

They again stopped near a cliff in Barangay Camp 8, Minglanilla and threw several trash bags.

Other bags were thrown off the cliff in Lutopan, Toledo City and on a gutter by the roadside.

Taking the same route, they returned to Barangay Manipis and finally dumped the remaining five bags, he said.

Cellar said they arrived at Azienda Firenze through Gate 2 “and pretended as if nothing (had) happened.”

Commendation

Meanwhile, Minglanilla Police Chief Romeo Santander said he was thankful for the commendations he got from top police officials, although assuring that the promise of awards was not the reason they worked hard to solve the case.

Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 Director Ronald Roderos said the awards board has been convened to determine what kind of award should be given to Santander and his officers in time for next Monday’s flag raising ceremony.

He said they could even go as far as recommending a spot promotion for those who solved the case in record time.

Roderos, for his part, heaped praise on Santander for solving the case, a feat he considered as extraordinary.

- taken from SunStar news

[jlodarl]

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[radiostar]

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[666satan]

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