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Murder or Accidental death? Final moments of air stewardess found dead in bathtub after being ‘gang raped’ at NY’s Eve party in luxury Philippines hotel emerge – One of 11 alleged attackers says they’re ‘all innocent because they’re gay’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;473a3a"><strong>Three suspects earlier arrested in connection with the controversial death of flight attendant Christine Dacera&comma; have been released <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;473a3a"><strong>Police have provisionally charged 11 men with rape and homicide who were with Dacera in the adjacent hotel rooms after the air stewardess wasfound dead in bathtub <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;473a3a"><strong>Police said she died after she was &&num;8216&semi;gang raped&&num;8217&semi; at a New Year Eve party in luxury Philippines hotel <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;473a3a"><strong>Ordering release of the suspects&comma; Makati City prosecutor&&num;8217&semi;s office noted that more evidence is needed to determine if the incident was a rape-slay &&num;8211&semi; contradicting earlier police annoucement of body fluid evidence<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;473a3a"><strong>CCTV footage shows final moments of Christine Angelica Dacera&&num;8217&semi;s fight attendant&&num;8217&semi;s life on New Year&&num;8217&semi;s Eve<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;473a3a"><strong>The 23-year-old flight attendant was celebrating New Year&&num;8217&semi;s Eve with colleagues<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;473a3a"><strong>They awoke to find the flight attendant unconscious in the bathtub with injuries<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;473a3a"><strong>11 men have been charged on suspicion of her rape and murder<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;473a3a"><strong>One of suspects has maintained their innocence&comma; insisting they are homosexual<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Christine-Angelica-Dacera-5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-366901" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"678"&sol;><figcaption><strong>23-year-old air stewardess Christine Dacera &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was allegedly gang-raped and killed in a hotel room in the Philippines on New Year&&num;8217&semi;s day<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>CCTV stills show the final moments of Christine Dacera before she was allegedly gang-raped and killed in a hotel room in the Philippines&period;<br>It comes as one of the gang-rape suspects has maintained his innocence by insisting he and the other 10 men who were present on the night of her death were homosexual&period;  <br>The flight attendant from General Santos City was found dead in a bathtub in Makati and rushed to the hospital on the morning of January 1&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;CCTV-stills-show-the-final-moments-of-Christine-Dacera-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-367127" width&equals;"577" height&equals;"394"&sol;><figcaption><strong>CCTV stills perportedly show the final moments of Christine Dacera before she was alleged<&sol;strong>ly <strong>gang-raped and killed in a hotel room in the Phillippines<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;CCTV-stills-show-the-final-moments-of-Christine-Dacera-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-367130"&sol;><figcaption><strong>It comes as one of the gang-rape suspects has maintained his innocence by insisting he and the other men who were present on the night of her death were gay<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;CCTV-stills-show-the-final-moments-of-Christine-Dacera-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-367131"&sol;><figcaption><strong>She is seen in one of the images holding a glass of wine as several men follow her to the room<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Christine-Angelica-Dacera-11&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-366913" width&equals;"584" height&equals;"727"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Eleven men have been charged with gang rape and murder after flight attendant Christine Angelica Dacera was found dead<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Prior to her death&comma; Christine checked in at the hotel with three male friends for a New Year&&num;8217&semi;s party where more men joined them&period;<br>The CCTV images show Dacera at the hotel without any shoes on&period;&nbsp&semi;She is seen in one of the images holding a glass of wine as several men follow her to the room&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<iframe width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;fY2teCMt5Sg" frameborder&equals;"0" allow&equals;"accelerometer&semi; autoplay&semi; clipboard-write&semi; encrypted-media&semi; gyroscope&semi; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen&equals;""><&sol;iframe>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Final moments of air stewardess found dead after being &&num;8216&semi;gang raped&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Makati police chief Colonel Harold Depositar said the 23-year-old had injuries on her arms and legs with traces of sperm on her private parts&comma; which police claim was rape and homicide&period;<br>He said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Only three of them were Dacera&&num;8217&semi;s friends&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;The others were practically strangers to her&comma; as they were only known to her three friends&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>Mr Depositar went on to say&colon; &&num;8216&semi;For sure&comma; there was force inflicted on her body because we found contusions in her leg and knees&comma; and there&&num;8217&semi;s an abrasion in her thigh&comma;&&num;8217&semi; <br>He added that semen had been found &&num;8216&semi;in multiple places in the hotel rooms&&num;8217&semi;&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;John-Pascual-Dela-Serna-III-Rommel-Galido-and-John-Paul-Halili-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-367140"&sol;><figcaption><strong>John Pascual Dela Serna III&comma; Rommel Galido and John Paul Halili  field questions from faced reporters upon leaving detention at the Makati City police department on Wednesday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Police have provisionally charged 11 men with rape and homicide who were with Dacera in the adjacent hotel rooms&comma; local reports said&period; <br>Three of the named suspects John Pascual Dela Serna III&comma; Rommel Galido and John Paul Halili voluntarily turned themselves in to police&period; <br>However on Wednesday&comma; the three suspects earlier arrested in connection with the controversial death of flight attendant Christine Dacera&comma; have been released&comma; following the Makati City prosecutor&&num;8217&semi;s office order&comma; which noted that more evidence is needed to determine if the incident was a rape-slay&period;<br>One of the men&comma; Gregorio de Guzman&comma; insisted he is innocent&comma; claiming that he and the other men charged are homosexual&comma; according to a report in <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;news&period;com&period;au&sol;travel&sol;travel-updates&sol;incidents&sol;christine-dacera-death-gang-rape-suspect-says-nye-party-guests-were-gay&sol;news-story&sol;a24b8c1b2578de425a40def8b6f1e5d5">news&period;com&period;au<&sol;a>&period;<br>Weeping&comma; John Paul Halili said <em>Wala kaming kasalanan<&sol;em> &lbrack;We did nothing wrong&rsqb;&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br>Dela Serna and Galido also maintained their innocence&period;<br>&&num;8220&semi;<em>Si<&sol;em> Christine <em>parang naging kapatid ko na siya&period; Sobrang mahal na mahal ko si<&sol;em> Christine&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Galido&period; &&num;8220&semi;<em>Sana malinawan ang mga pamilya ni<&sol;em> Christine&period;&&num;8221&semi;&lbrack;Christine was like a sibling to me&period; I love her very much&period; I hope her family will see things clearly&period;&rsqb; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Gregorio-de-Guzman-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-367134"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Police have provisionally charged 11 men with rape and homicide who were with Dacera and were in the adjacent hotel rooms&period; One of the suspects&comma; Gregorio de Guzman&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; has insisted he is innocent&comma; claiming that he and the other men 10 men charged so far&comma; are all gay<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8216&semi;Every one of them was gay&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Mr de Guzman told local media&comma; according an English translation by ABS-CBN News&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;My impression of her is she likes to hang out with us LGBT members&period; She&&num;8217&semi;s comfortable with us&period; The entire time she was really comfortable with every one of us&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;For me&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;ve never had sexual relations with a woman&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ve never been aroused by a woman&period; Always a man&period; Many can testify to that&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>According to a report in <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cnnphilippines&period;com&sol;news&sol;2021&sol;1&sol;6&sol;christine-dacera-suspects-ordered-released&period;html">CNN<&sol;a>&comma; three of the suspects&comma; John Pascual Dela Serna III&comma; Rommel Galido and John Paul Halili&comma; were today released following the Makati City prosecutor&&num;8217&semi;s office order&period; <br>The release order noted that more evidence is needed to establish if the incident was a rape-slay&period;  <br>Police said earlier&comma; that the suspects were charged with rape and homicide due to the presence of bruises&comma; lacerations&comma; and fluids on Dacera&&num;8217&semi;s body&period; <br>In a later resolution however&comma; the Makati prosecutor&&num;8217&semi;s office said there was not enough evidence to establish if Dacera was sexually assaulted or raped&period; The cause of Dacera&&num;8217&semi;s death also remains unclear&comma; it added&period;<br>&&num;8220&semi;No evidence medically or scientifically was presented to prove that the cause of death or the rupture of aortic aneurysm was by reason of the alleged rape&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the resolution stated&period; &&num;8220&semi;Likewise&comma; if homicide was committed&comma; the person&sol;s responsible is&sol;are yet to be ascertained through further evidence&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br>An initial autopsy report by the police medico-legal also revealed that Dacera died of &&num;8220&semi;ruptured aortic aneurysm&period;&&num;8221&semi; No traces of seminal fluids were indicated&comma; contradicting Makati Police Chief Col&period; Harold Depositar who announced the presence of semen in the body orificies and genitalia&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Christine-Angelica-Dacera-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-366889"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Dacera&comma; an air stewardess had checked in with colleagues to the four-star hotel in the financial city of Makati ready for a night of celebration to usher in the New Year<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Wednesday&&num;8217&semi;s resolution states that Dacera checked in the the City Garden Hotel at 11 am on December 31&comma; with Galido&comma; Dela Serna&comma; Louie De Lima and Clark Rapinan&period; <br>At 10 pm&comma; in the company of Gregorio De Guzman&comma; Valentine Rosales&comma; Mark Anthony Rosales&comma; Jammyr Cunanan&comma; and Eduard Madrid&comma; the group began eating and drinking&period; That is when Galido noticed that Dacera drank strong alcoholic drinks namely&comma; tequila and rum coke&period; Halili later joined the crowd at 1&colon;45 am&period;<br>CCTV footage showed that Dacera was last seen alive at 6&colon;23 a&period;m&period; of January 1&period; It was at 12&colon;25 p&period;m&period; when the hotel front desk received a call from a male person asking for assistance as Dacera was unconscious in the bathtub&period; Dacera was then brought to the Makati Medical Center where she was declared dead on arrival&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;City-Garden-Grand-Hotel-in-Makati-Phillipines-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-366892"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Dacera&comma; 23&comma; was celebrating New Year&&num;8217&semi;s Eve in the lavish City Garden Hotel with friends last week&period; The flight attendant from General Santos City was found dead in a bathtub in Makati<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The initial autopsy report of the cause of death was a ruptured aortic aneurysm&comma; which could be due to very strenuous activity and probably a high level of alcohol toxicity&period;<br>Police said that one of the men&comma; Rommel Daluro Galido&comma; gave a statement claiming he woke up at around 10am and noticed the victim asleep in the bathtub&period; Galido covered her with a blanket before going back to sleep&period;<br>When Galido woke up several hours later&comma; he found her still unconscious and worse&comma; she had started to turn blue&period; <br>He raised the alarm and Dacera was given CPR&comma; but failed to respond and was rushed to the Makati Medical Clinic where doctors could only confirm her death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Christine-Angelica-Dacera-9&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-366910"&sol;><figcaption><strong>One of her colleagues&comma; Rommel Galida&comma; woke up at around 10am and spotted her in the bathtub<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Kristina-Novitskaya-12&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-367139"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Police have provisionally charged 11 men with rape and homicide who were with Dacera and were in the adjacent hotel rooms<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>However&comma; police were suspicious because the young woman had cuts and bruises on her body in particular around her thighs and knees and a more detailed examination found sperm in her body justifying a provisional rape charge against all 11 men who had been in the room with her&period;<br>They added that the provisional rape charge would only be filed against all 11 men once they have the autopsy results&period; <br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;City-Garden-Grand-Hotel-in-Makati-Phillipines-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-366898"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Investigators are waiting for an autopsy but said the young woman&&num;8217&semi;s body had bruises and cuts on her thighs and knees when they found her in the hotel<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>However&comma; Christine&&num;8217&semi;s family as well as the Commission on Human Rights will be conducting independent autopsy examination&period; <br>Christine&&num;8217&semi;s family are pushing for a second autopsy after claiming the first one was incomplete&comma; ABS-CBN reported&period;<br>They claimed Christine &&num;8216&semi;had already experienced intoxication and complained that her drinks appeared to have been spiked&&num;8217&semi; during the New Year&&num;8217&semi;s celebrations&period;<br>The family&&num;8217&semi;s lawyer&comma; Brick Reyes reportedly said they believed the young woman was drugged and abused before her death&period;<br>The victim&&num;8217&semi;s mother said that she knew her daughter was going to the party with work colleagues and had allowed it because she trusted them&period;<br>She said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I had no idea that she would be in any danger because she was only with other flight attendants&period; I don&&num;8217&semi;t know why they had to do this to my child&period; Now all I have left is the fight for justice&period; They raped my child&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>The investigation continues&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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