Kian shot twice in the head, no 'finishing shot': PNP Crime Lab

MANILA - An autopsy conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) Crime Laboratory shows 17-year-old Kian Loyd Delos Santos was shot twice in the head.

In a press conference Wednesday, medico legal officer Jane Monson, said the two bullets entered the left ear of the 11th grader and went out of the right ear.

An autopsy done by the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) forensic laboratory also showed that Delos Santos was shot 3 times—twice in the ear, once in the back.


The PAO forensic laboratory autopsy said the location of the gunshot wounds to his ears also showed that Delos Santos was on the ground when he was shot.

"Angulated 'yung trajectory. Ibig sabihin nakatayo lang 'yung shooter. Mukhang ang finishing shot 'yung tumama dito sa loob ng tenga," Dr. Erwin Erfe, chief of the PAO Forensic Laboratory, explained.

However, the PNP Crime Laboratory said the downward trajectory of the gunshots does not automatically mean that the teen was on the ground when he was shot.

"[Puwedeng] matangkad 'yung assailant kasi pababa, or 'yung position nasa steep [place] sila tas nasa taas 'yung bumabaril. Pero we cannot really say na nakahiga or ano," said Monson, saying it could be a finishing shot.

The PNP's medico legal officer, meanwhile, said a "finishing shot" is impossible as they did not find soot or stippling that would suggest that Delos Santos was shot pointblank.

The PNP autopsy also found an incision that shows the body was embalmed already before it underwent autopsy, which makes it difficult to identify entry and exit points.

"If it's embalmed,maraming limitations. Sometimes di mo talaga ma-recognize ang entry at exits if it's really embalmed na especially pag natahi na 'yan," she said.

Monson said under their protocol, bodies in violent crimes should not be embalmed before autopsy. But sometimes it is not in their control, she stressed, as families of the deceased want to embalm the body immediately.

Public outrage is growing over Delos Santos' death, which had been decried as a case of extrajudicial killing under the administration's war against illegal drugs.

CCTV footage showed Kian Loyd Delos Santos, Autopsy, PNP, Crime laboratory, Drugs, War on drugs that two cops in civilian clothes accosted Delos Santos towards the direction where he was killed. Witnesses also said they saw the officers blindfold and beat the teenager before the shooting. They added, Delos Santos was killed even though he was already pleading for his life.

Witnesses said they followed the cops and saw how they handed a gun to Delos Santos and instructed him to shoot it then run. When he heeded these instructions, the teenager was shot dead.

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Lubricant found in Pemberton's penis, Laude's anus

MANILA - Prosecution rested its case today after presenting 28 witnesses and 400 documentary and physical evidence in the murder trial of US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton for the killing of Filipino transgender Jennifer Laude.

According to Olongapo Deputy City Prosecutor Misael Ladaga, among the very damaging testimonies made during their presentation of testimony and evidence were those of Laude's friend, Mark Clarence Gelviro alias ''Barbie'', and motel cashier Elias Galamos.

Barbie earlier identified Pemberton in a photo line-up provided by the US Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) as the man last seen with Laude before she was found dead.

Galamos, on the other hand, claimed he saw Pemberton leaving the motel room where Laude was later found dead.

The prosecutors also considers strong the testimonies of Pembrton's four fellow Marines, the documentary pieces of evidence of the US NCIS and pathological reports of the Philippine National Police crime laboratory.

They believe they have presented more than enough evidence to secure a conviction.

The last to testify for the prosecution was NCIS agent Richard Bush, who took panoramic photographs of the crime scene and corroborated earlier testimonies made by other NCIS agents.

Private prosecutors Harry Roque and Virgie Suarez, meanwhile, said that they are satisfied with the presentation of witnesses and evidence.

The prosecutors submitted their formal offer of evidence to Judge Roline Ginez Jabalde of Olongapo Regional Trial Court Branch 74.

Jabalde set the next hearing on August 3 where the defense panel will begin presenting its witnesses and pieces of evidence.

The defense panel requested four hearing days to present their case.

Among the witnesses they intend to present are Pemberton, his mother, and other NCIS agents.

If the planned presentation of the defense panel is on schedule, prosecutors believe the judge can come up with a judgment before the end of September or early October.

Meanwhile, the defense filed an urgent motion for the PNP crime laboratory to inspect the condom wrapper which was found inside the room where Laude was killed.

The request was made a week after Jessica LeCroy, latent print examiner of the US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL), said a "suitable latent fingerprint " of Pemberton was found in the condom wrapper recovered in the bathroom where Laude was found dead.

Derek Dorrien, a forensic lubricant expert also of the USACIL, testified that the lubricant found in the condom wrapper is the same lubricant found in the penis and body of Pemberton.

He said the same lubricant was also found in Laude's anus.

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