What made you think that Hubert Webb is the suspect of the massacre?
By Metatronik
@Metatronik (6199)
Pasay, Philippines
December 16, 2010 6:49am CST
I am reading the Vizconde massacre at Wikipedia, stating that the star witness Jessica Alfaro has many inconsistencies. However it was also stated that other witnesses has unreliable statements regarding the evidences.
As a viewer and news listener I am actually relying on Jessica Alfaro's statement way back 1995 that she was telling the truth about Webb though I am not that too much focusing on the content of her statement. I mean if there was inconsistencies or whatsoever since I would honestly tell that I am not yet matured enough to understand the whole issue especially the claims of each and everyone.
Of course I am not involved about this issue and can't explain either why I still have this strong feeling that Hubert is the suspect. But then in my opinion regardless if Jessica's statement was inconsistent it is not a big joke to testify and yet it could be really hard for a person to invent a complicated situation that her friends were involved on the crime. It is obvious that she was on the picture when the crime happened and that is the main point there.
What about you do you think Hubert is the suspect of the Vizconde massacre? Why do you believe it or not? Please explain.
4 responses
@cadguy08 (1224)
• Canada
16 Dec 10
There's nobody but Hubert Webb and the Gang of his were the Culprit of all these heinous crime they committed. Only the Judge who were been paid a huge amount of money by Freddie Webb ( which he should be included as part of crime) because he helped his son to escape to these terrible crime that they committed. I pity Lauro Vizconde for what happened to his family. I hope God will intercede on this crime and punish them all.
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@Metatronik (6199)
• Pasay, Philippines
16 Dec 10
That is the reason why I can't respect the family of Webb since it seems that it is all about their name and reputation that they are protecting. If they really project themselves as good Samaritan who has moral values then in the first place they must convince their son to confess about the crime and take the consequences.
@Metatronik (6199)
• Pasay, Philippines
16 Dec 10
I am always seeing Freddie Webb at Slimmers World Pasay Road way back 2005 then at Fitness First of Mall of Asia last year. I have no impression about him but a father of a killer and politician as well. I didn't realized that he was an actor. There is no fuss that I am seeing him since the issue about his son was not that so popular anymore and as we all knew that his son will be rotten in jail forever so people must moved on for it. But now of course I am not that impressed about him and I am not interested to know him. Good thing I am not in Fitness anymore.
@TheAdvocate (2392)
• Philippines
19 Dec 10
I guess from this post that you were too young when the Vizconde massacre happened, thus your confusion. Furthermore, there is really a world of difference between that time and after 2000. I think the cellphone and internet technology really opened up everything for us. Let me just lay the basis first before I give my opinion.
I was in my 20s when the massacre happened. The 80s was a tumultuous era because of EDSA, and right after that, the media was still testing its wings. We were so conditioned by the martial law that our media were still hesitant in reporting the entire story. The story was followed closely because the massacre was so gruesome. What kind of person could do such a thing, was the common topic back then. Two sets of suspects were presented, but the public was distrustful of the police. Remember that the police were identified with Marcos and anything they did was under a cloud of doubt. There were whispers that rich boys who were also addicts were behind the crime. Hubert's name came up mainly because he and his friends were notorious in Paranaque. I don't know how but the investigation was assigned to the NBI. Pressured after the dismissal of the cases against the previous suspects, they took the whispers seriously and investigated again. That's how Hubert was arrested.
I read the decision of the SC. I agree with the findings of facts there. Even at that time, I was hard pressed to believe that he committed that crime. There was no evidence that they were sweethearts. That to me was crucial to the case.
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@Metatronik (6199)
• Pasay, Philippines
19 Dec 10
I was 6 years old and can't remember that it was happened. Good thing my boyfriend was able to recall it when he was a kid but then he doesn't care about that issue even now.
If that is the case then who do you believe is the suspect? I am wondering now if that person is still alive.
@allamgirl (2140)
• Philippines
17 Dec 10
Well, I was too young to understand it at the time too. I haven't really payed attention to Jessica Alfaro's statements either to know if she's consistent or not. What's sad about this is the situation of Mr. Lauro Vizconde. He has been waiting for a long time and then this is what happened. If they were gonna acquit Hubert Webb, why did they have to wait this long? It only seems to make it harder for the poor man.
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@Metatronik (6199)
• Pasay, Philippines
19 Dec 10
The justice is the only way that his family can bring back to him then the supreme court are heartless to have it for Mr. Lauro. I can't even imagine myself to Mr. Lauro.
@xSlAsHeR17x (23)
• Philippines
17 Dec 10
In what i've seen last day, I can tell that Webb and his gang are the real sspects of that crime. Why? Because when the judges anounced that Webb and his gang will be released, you can see in their faces that their happy.[of course they should be] But in some angle, They should be mad.Why? Because if they're really innocent, of course they should be mad because they are imprisoned for 15 years knowing that they're not responsible for that crime. And no one of them said that to the media. That they're also a victim. So I think they're happy because they are free from further consequences knowing that they are responsible for that.
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@Metatronik (6199)
• Pasay, Philippines
19 Dec 10
There are some angle too that I still have this feeling they are the suspects. In the first place how come his maids claimed that they were able to washed the clothes with bloodstains?