LIpa ARanDIa

MAsSacRE
April 9, 1994

Group 3: Antonil, Aparte, Aquino L,

Aquino M, Argosino
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Facts of the Case
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02 Definition of Terms
Witness Testimonies
06
03 Group Opinion on the
Case
Physical Evidences
Presented in Court
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Media
04
Court Decisions
01 FacTs oF tHe cASe
CC: Matt Daniel B. Aquino

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 LIpa ARanDIa MAsSacRE
- Victims:
- Helen Arandia (35)
- Chelsea Arandia (6)
- Geleen Arandia (4)
- April 9, 1994
 LIpa ARanDIa MAsSacRE
- Lipa City Park, Sabang, Lipa City
 HisTOrY of The CAse
Elmer Palicpic asked
for a loan from
Helen and her
Elmer fled and hid
family

Elmer murdered the

Ronald left for Saudi Arandia family in
Arabia. their household
 HisTOrY of The CAse

Elmer was found

Elmer Palicpic was

Ronald found out
convicted with 3 life
upon boarding his
sentences
flight to Manila
02 WItNesS teStIMonIeS
CC: Danielle Nadine Aparte

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 WitNEsS teStIMonIeS
● NEIGHBOR
○ Saw Elmer Palicpic after committing the
crime
■ Looking traumatized and shocked
■ Still holding the murder weapon and
maintaining hand position
○ Testified regarding Elmer’s vices
■ Drug use
■ Alcohol use
■ Gambling
03 PhYsiCAl eVIdeNcES
CC: Judiel Faith Antonil

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 PhYsiCAl eVIdeNcES
● Bodies of the victims
○ Angelina Arandia, 35 years old = 58 stabs
○ Chelsea Liz Arandia, 6 years old = 18 stabs
○ Anne Gellen Arandia, 4 years old = 21 stabs
● Total stabs: 97 stabs
● Knife as a murder weapon
● “Nabigla lamang po ako”
04 CoUrT deCIsiONs

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Elmer Palicpic:

- Evaded the police for 4 months

- Hid in Pollilo island, Quezon Province, then moved
to Bicol
- Changed his name to Elmer Manlangit
- Arrested 4 months later in a relative’s house in
Labo, Camarines Norte
- Extra-judicial confession was gained
- “Nabigla lang ako”
- Will come into play later on during his trial
Trial was held (RTC Branch 12, Lipa) Found guilty of stabbing and killing
Angelina, Chelsea Liz and Ann Gellen
Executive Judge Vicente Landicho presiding
Sentence:
During the trial:
- 3 life sentences
- Palicpic’s alibi: in father-in-law’s house at
- Civil indemnity of 536,000 php
the time of the murder
- Judge: cannot be given more weight than Ronald Arandia: was “disgusted” by the
his extrajudicial confession court’s decision; seeks for death penalty
- “The proof that he was somewhere
else when the crime happened was
not sufficient”

Laude, J (Aug 1998). Man Gets 3 Life Terms for Lipa Massacre. Philippine
Star.
05 DEfiNItiON of TErMs
CC Daniella Argosino

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MUrDer
ART. 248. Murder. Any person who, not falling within the provisions of Article 246, shall kill another, shall be
guilty of murder and shall be punished by reclusion perpetua if committed with any of the following
attendant circumstances:
1. With treachery, taking advantage of superior strength, with the aid of armed men, or employing
means to weaken the defense, or of means or persons to insure or afford impunity;
2. In consideration of a price, reward, or promise;
3. By means of inundation, fire, poison, explosion, shipwreck, stranding of a vessel, derailment or assault
upon a railroad, fall of an airship, by means of motor vehicles, or with the use of any other means
involving great waste and ruin;
4. On occasion of any calamities enumerated in the preceding paragraph, or of an earthquake, eruption
of a volcano, destructive cyclone, epidemic, or any other public calamity;
5. With evident premeditation;
6. With cruelty, by deliberately and inhumanly augmenting the suffering of the victim, or outraging or
scoffing at his person or corpse.

https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1993/12/13/republic-act-no-7659/
LIfe IMpRisONmeNt
● Sentence for a crime covered by Special Penal Law wherein the duration
is indefinite
● No accessory penalties
● No details on pardon specified

REcLusIoN pERpeTUa
● Penalty for a crime committed under the Revised Penal Code
● Imprisonment of 20 years and 1 day to 40 years
● Eligible for pardon after 30 years
CIviL InDemNItY
● Award given to the heirs of the deceased as a form of monetary restitution
or compensation for the death of the victim at the hands of the accused.
● Its grant is mandatory and a matter of course, and without need of proof
other than the fact of death as the result of the crime or quasi-delict, and the
fact that the accused was responsible therefor.

https://www.chanrobles.com/cralaw/2016junedecisions.php?id=419
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 GroUP opINiOn
The group agrees with the court ruling that the accused, Elmer Palicpic is guilty of the
murder of Angelina Helen Arandia and her children Chelsea Liz and Anne Geleen. After the
massacre occurred, Elmer Palicpic acted suspiciously and immediately evaded the police by
hiding in Quezon province. The moment he was caught, he even confessed to committing
the crime. Although he had an alibi of being in his father-in-law’s house at the time of the
murder, the evidence was deemed insufficient.

The group also agrees with the court sentencing of life imprisonment for Elmer
Palicpic. We were truly horrified by the heinous crime that was committed to an innocent
family. We believe that the accused deserves to receive the highest form of punishment,
which is imprisonment for life.
 GroUP opINiOn
This tragedy raised a discussion on death penalty for gruesome murders like this.
However, we do not believe that the death penalty should be reinstated. According to
numerous studies, death penalty does not offer closure nor healing to the berieved. There is
no credible evidence that the death penalty deters crime more effectively than long terms of
imprisonment, and it ultimately carries the risk of ending the lives of accused persons who
are innocent.

Lastly, we sympathize with Ronald Arandia, a husband and father who only wanted to
provide for his family to live in comfort. We hope that a tragic incident like this will never
occur again. And we hope that by discussing this case, the memory of Helen, Chelsea, and
Geleen Arandia lives on.
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Matt Daniel Aquino Lamberto Aquino III Daniella Argosino

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