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Bernardo "Narding" ANZURES

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: The exact motives for the murder were never fully determined
Number of victims: 2
Date of murder: June 26, 1948
Date of arrest: Next day
Date of birth: 1928
Victim profile: Lialian Velez, 24 (Filipino film actress and singer) and her housemaid
Method of murder: Stabbing with knife
Location: Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Status: Pleaded guilty to two murders on July 19, 1949. Sentenced to two sentences of life imprisonment. Died of tuberculosis two months after his release
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Bernardo "Narding" Anzures, a former child actor, was the leading man of Lilian Velez in several films. Anzures found out that Lilian was going to have another leading man, Jaime de la Rosa.

On the night of June 26, 1948, he broke into Velez’s house and stabbed her and her housemaid to death. The only surviving witness was Velez’s four-year-old daughter.

Anzures was tried and convicted of murder, and later died in prison of tuberculosis.

 
 

Lilian Velez (March 3, 1924 — June 26, 1948) was a Filipino film actress and singer. Her 1948 murder by a fellow actor scandalized post-war Philippines.

Career

Born in Cebu to a composer, Velez first came into the limelight when she won an amateur radio singing contest in the mid-1930s. Prior to the outbreak of World War II, her singing career thrived, and she popularized one of her father's songs, Sa Kabukiran. Velez also won the heart of Jose Climaco, the manager of the radio station which had sponsored the contest which won her fame. They were married in 1942 and had one daughter.

Velez's film career began upon the resumption of Filipino film production after the end of the war. She joined LVN Pictures, and with her husband as director, starred in such films as Binibiro Lamang Kita, Ang Estudyante, and Sa Kabukiran, inspired by the song that had earlier earned her fame. Her leading man in these films was Bernardo "Narding" Anzures, a former child actor.

Personal life

Velez had a brother, Theodoro, a craftsman, and a daughter, Vivian Velez. Vivian made an appearance at the end of Velez's 1995 film biography.

Murder

After the success of Sa Kabukiran, LVN Pictures decided to cast Jaime de la Rosa as Velez's leading man in her next film. The decision caused distress on the part of Anzures, who had seemingly become obsessed with the married Velez.

On the night of June 26, 1948, Anzures paid an unexpected visit to the Quezon City home of Velez. Upon his arrival, he stabbed Velez to death and a housemaid who had come to her mistress's assistance. The crime was committed within view of Velez's toddler-daughter Vivian, who was unharmed during the incident.

Anzures was promptly arrested, tried and convicted for the murders. The crime and the subsequent trial was cause celebre in Manila. Anzures later died in jail from tuberculosis; his exact motives for the murder were never fully determined.

1995 film biography

In 1995, the murder of Lilian Velez was the subject of a high-profile film directed by Carlo J. Caparas. Starring Sharon Cuneta as Velez and Cesar Montano as Anzures, the film was one in a string of "true-crime" films churned out by Caparas in the early 1990s.

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