Life
Danny Guades was jailed for seven years at the
Caloocan City Jail for stabbing to death his elder brother Toto some
time in the 1980s.
He had been married, but his wife died in December
2006 and he used to sleep at his cousin's house since then. He had a
child, who was in grade four at the time of the murders.
Throughout the village Guades was known as a
mentally imbalanced trouble-maker who was often drunk, sometimes
waking two days, before running to the mangroves to sleep there on the
ground for the following two days.
Apparently Guades had also told others that
somebody is always chasing him
Murders
39-year old Guades began his rampage at the home of
his cousin Emily Guades Ponce. Entering her house at about 2 a.m. he
attacked her husband Benjamin with a 22-inch long bolo knife, hitting
him in the left shoulder, before turning against her sleeping children,
killing her son Eric with a blow to his head and injuring her other
son Benjie and her daughter Marylin with hits to their heads and arms.
Emily Guades Ponce, though also injured at her head, managed to jump
out of a window and escape.
Subsequently Danny Guades attacked the Jadulco
family, living nearby, killing pregnant Gemma Jadulco and five of her
children and leaving two others injured, before walking to the
Conteras' home. There he killed Candido Conteras, injured his wife
Maria and their daughter Jennelyn and mortally wounded their son
Danilo. In the backyard of the house Guades attacked Carlito Layam,
who was slightly injured at his right arm, but managed to fight off
the attacker.
Afterwards Guades entered the house of Enis Lecis
through the window and hit sleeping Eduardo and Enis Lecis in the head,
killing Eduardo. At a wake for a member of the Ramada family, where
Guades had spent some time drinking earlier, he cut Francisco Ramada's
throat, hit Ernesto Ramada's neck and stabbed Armando Ramada into the
left side of his body. Michael Caber and Myra Manlapid were also
injured, before people attending the wake managed to fight Guades off.
Guades fled to a road junction, where he attacked his final victims,
Eddie and Jocelyn Gonzaga, who were on board of a motorcycle. Guades
assaulted them with the bolo and a club, hitting Eddie Gonzaga at the
arm, jaw and forehead and his wife at her left elbow, before the
driver of the motorcycle was able to escape.
Guades finally surrendered himself to Fortunato
Burbana, a villager, at about 3 a.m., according to himself out of fear
police might chase and kill him. Burbana then turned him over to
police, ending Guades' one hour long rampage. At the police station
Guades denied killing anyone but his brother many years ago. He was
charged with multiple murder.
Victims
Dead
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Gemma Jadulco, 32. who was eight months
pregnant
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Jennelyn Jadulco, 12, daughter of Gemma
Jadulco
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Jinggoy Jadulco, 8, son of Gemma Jadulco
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Renato Jadulco, 3, son of Gemma Jadulco
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Nadine Jadulco, 2, daughter of Gemma
Jadulco
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Christine Jadulco, 1, daughter of Gemma
Jadulco
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Candido Conteras, 46
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Danilo Conteras, 12, son of Candido &
Maria Conteras
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Eric Benjamin Ponce, 7, son of Benjamin &
Emily Ponce
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Eduardo Lecis, 35
Injured
-
Emily Guades Ponce, 27, a cousin of Danny
Guades
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Benjamin Ponce, 42, husband of Emily
Guades Ponce
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Benjie Ponce, 5, son of Benjamin & Emily
Ponce
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Marilyn Ponce, 3, daughter of Benjamin &
Emily Ponce
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Francisco Ramada, 56
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Ernesto Ramada, 45
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Armando Ramada, 35
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Jocelyn Jadulco, 9, daughter of Gemma
Jadulco
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Joan Jadulco, 4, daughter of Gemma Jadulco
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Maria Conteras, 37, wife of Candido
Conteras
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Jennelyn Conteras, 16, daughter of Candido
& Maria Conteras
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Eddie Gonzaga
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Jocelyn Gonzaga
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Enis Lecis, 54
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Michael Caber, 31
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Myra Manlapid, 24
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Carlito Layam, 46
Motive
It was said that Guades apparently had a quarrel
with Gemma Jadulco's husband, Totoy, before the rampage, when both
were attending the wake.
Police later disclosed that Guades told them he
committed the crime to strengthen his amulet, a piece of paper with
Latin words on it.
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