Explore 25 documented cases from Philippines. Each file separates established findings from allegations and unresolved questions, with a focus on investigation rather than graphic detail.
Former congressman Romeo Jalosjos was convicted of two counts of statutory rape and six counts of acts of lasciviousness involving an 11-year-old child. The Philippine Supreme Court affirmed the convictions in 2001; his sentence was later commuted and he was released in 2009.
Open case file →Broadcaster Percival ‘Percy Lapid’ Mabasa was shot dead in Las Piñas in October 2022. Gunman Joel Escorial was convicted, while the prosecution of alleged mastermind Gerald Bantag remained unresolved as he stayed at large in 2026.
Open case file →Sixteen military personnel were convicted after a retrial for the 1983 murders of Benigno Aquino Jr. and Rolando Galman; the mastermind was not judicially established.
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Sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong disappeared in Cebu in 1997. A body identified by authorities as Marijoy was later recovered, while Jacqueline was never found.
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Actress Nida Blanca was found murdered in a parking area in Metro Manila in 2001, prompting one of the Philippines’ most closely followed celebrity homicide investigations.
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University students Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez were abducted and murdered in Laguna in 1993 in a case tied to powerful local political figures.
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Jennifer Laude, a Filipina transgender woman, was killed in Olongapo in 2014 after meeting U.S. Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton.
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Ruby Rose Barrameda disappeared in 2007 during a family dispute and remained missing until an informant led authorities to her remains two years later.
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A fire at the Ozone Disco in Quezon City in 1996 killed 162 people, many of them students celebrating the end of the school year.
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Actress Maggie de la Riva was abducted and assaulted in 1967 in a case that became one of the most famous criminal trials in Philippine entertainment history.
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Popular actress and singer Lilian Velez and a household employee were killed in Velez’s home in 1948 by fellow actor Narding Anzures.
Open case file →A 1991 Makati shooting killed Roland John Chapman and Maureen Hultman and wounded Jussi Leino; the Supreme Court affirmed convictions with modifications.
Open case file →Journalist and anti-corruption whistleblower Marlene Esperat was murdered at home in 2005. Three men were convicted, while broader accountability questions continued.
Open case file →Korean businessman Ick Joo Jee was abducted and killed in 2016 in a case involving police officers and later multiple convictions.
Open case file →Two children died after eating insecticide-laced bread in 1969. A trial conviction was reversed when the Supreme Court found the evidence insufficient.
Open case file →Three police officers were convicted of murdering 17-year-old Kian delos Santos during a 2017 anti-drug operation; the Supreme Court affirmed the convictions in 2025.
Open case file →Ten Aegis Juris fraternity members were convicted in 2024 over the fatal 2017 hazing of University of Santo Tomas law student Horacio Castillo III.
Open case file →The UST cadet was killed in 2001 after exposing alleged ROTC corruption. Two accused received judicial outcomes while other defendants remained unresolved.
Open case file →The 1991 death of Ateneo law student Lenny Villa during fraternity initiation produced Supreme Court convictions and helped drive the Philippines' Anti-Hazing Law.
Open case file →A landmark parricide appeal examined battered woman syndrome, affirmed the conviction and reduced the sentence after considering documented abuse as mitigation.
Open case file →A rape conviction, Supreme Court review and 1999 execution made this a defining case in the Philippines’ modern death-penalty history.
Open case file →The film critics were killed during a 2009 Quezon City robbery; a former housemaid was convicted in 2018 while an alleged co-participant remained at large.
Open case file →Three former military personnel were convicted over the students’ 2006 kidnapping and illegal detention, but the two women remain missing.
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