SC to NBI: Prove release to court of victim’s specimen in Vizconde case 07/26/2010

SC to NBI: Prove release to court of victim’s specimen in Vizconde case

07/26/2010 The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to prove that it handed over to the lower court the semen specimen used during the trial of the Vizconde case in 1996. It also directed the NBI to explain the alleged conflicting representations in its April 27, 2010 compliance and manifestation, saying the specimen was already turned over to the Paranaque City Regional Trial Court (RTC) as early as 1996 and its 1997 letter which categorically stated that “the specimen gathered is still existing and in the custody of the NBI” as of April 23, 1997. The SC, in its resolution, granted the request of Vizconde massacre case prime suspect and convicted rapist Hubert Webb, for the NBI to show proof of the release of the specimen to Parañaque RTC. The semen sample was taken from Carmela Vizconde, who was raped before she was murdered along with her mother and baby sister in 1991 in Parañaque City. The Parañaque RTC staff earlier denied that the semen specimen was still with them. Last April, the SC approved Webb’s request to submit for DNA analysis the specimen and see if findings produced a match with his DNA..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100726hed6.html

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