The Chiong Sisters' "Still Alive" Conspiracy Theory Was Around Last 2005?

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No, the girls below are not the same people above.

Granted, I never saw Give Up Tomorrow nor realize that Juan Francisco G. Larrañaga aka Paco was innocent until 2018. I was shocked to realize, from a friend, that he was with Paco on the night of the crime. From the New Scientist website, it talks about how innocents die without DNA tests. Hubert Jeffry P. Webb's life was wasted because of one foolish judge's decision not to grant a DNA test of the semen sample found in the late Carmela Vizconde's body. Here's a very interesting excerpt that points out the conspiracy theory that either one (or both) of the Chiong sisters may still be alive:

Conspiracy theories surround the case. A policeman who worked on the case said last week he thought Larrañaga was innocent. Only one body was found, which was identified as Marijoy’s, but there are serious doubts about whether it is in fact her – even from the original trial judge. What’s more, there are rumours that one or both sisters is living in Canada. A DNA test would establish whether the body is Marijoy, but the supreme court has said no. The president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, promised on Monday that she would intervene to save Larrañaga.

This is a serious case of justice. I believe that the body found was true of the late Marijoy Jimenea Chiong. I still dismiss what Enrique Uy said about this first-degree cousin of Mrs. Thelma Jimenea-Chiong talking to him about this and that. How true was it that Mrs. Chiong had a call from Vancouver, Canada? What if it was the daughter-in-law or could've been the youngest daughter Debbie Jane Jimenea Chiong-Sia (who was around 10-11 years old, and looks a lot like the presumed late Jacqueline Jimenea Chiong) who was sent there? I don't have any answers. I really put a shadow of doubt in the claim of Uy as much as I believe his children are innocent.  

At that time, the Supreme Court of the Philippines had Hon. Hilario G. Davide Jr. Davide Jr.'s wife was born Virginia Jimenea Perez--a relative of Mrs. Chiong. In short, Davide Jr. was related to Mrs. Chiong by marriage. Yes, the very same guy who said that the 1987 Constitution is "the best in the world". It was said Davide Jr. "took no part". However, Phil Star Global seems to suggest otherwise with this information:

Supreme Court spokesman Esmael Khan has confirmed that the tribunal en banc (in the bench, emphasis mine) presided by Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. denied the convicts’ motions to reverse its Feb. 3, 2004 decision because there was no new evidence to warrant its reversal.

It was at this moment that Mrs. Solita Collas-Monsod made her reaction about the Supreme Court of the Philippines' decision (read here). I must admit that I cringed over what Mrs. Monsod said while she's very anti-reform. I would like to really point out the big problem of denying the DNA test of the body. Let's say that the body was indeed Marijoy. Okay, it's positively Marijoy. However, further tests can prove Paco's innocence like a DNA test could've proven Hubert's innocence. It was also in 2005 when Judge Amelita Tolentino (yes, the same idiot that ran the trial) was already in the Court of Appeals. 

I was wondering if Davide Jr. was indeed emotional about it. It can be possible that the others sympathized with Davide Jr. because of his relationship (by marriage) with the victims. It's stupid that they didn't bother to examine the evidence that could've acquitted the seven innocents. Come on, they had the chance to have Paco's photos in Quezon City examined. The claims were never examined so can it be that "there was no new evidence"? I could agree with Mrs. Monsod even if that woman is very incorribly anti-reform, about Paco's plight. 

I would like to say that the "evidence" above presented to "prove" that the Chiong Sisters are "still alive" is nonsense. The photos shown aren't them. It's really annoying how another sister-in-law is mistaken for Marijoy. Do I need to keep repeating that Debbie isn't Jacqueline and that Amelie Arquilliano-Chiong isn't Marijoy? Some people do die and their bodies are never recovered. For all we know, Jacqueline's body may have been thrown to the bottom of the ocean and it's decomposed by now. Nobody can prove for real, at this point, that the sisters are alive. Nobody has even gone to Canada to take a photo of the two sisters who should be in their 40s if they were alive.  Go to the Philippine Christian Gospel School (PCGS) and find out that there are three sisters. Go to St. Theresa's College and find out that Amelie has always been Amelie.

Sadly, some people do develop that cognitive dissonance. One could go ahead and argue that Amelie is the sister-in-law and that Debbie has always been Debbie. However, some people will prefer to stick to whatever "evidence" they have. It's pretty much no different than what got Paco in jail to begin with. The evidence that Paco was really in Quezon City was denied by the judge. The judge demanded evidence but didn't believe when it came. I guess the same can be true even if the identities of Amelie, one of the sisters-in-law, and Debbie are spilled out to prove they are totally different persons. 

If you have no evidence of the claim, then it's best to simply shut up. Any claim with no evidence should just be considered moot.  

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