crim case nos. 45303 & 45304
pp vs larrañaga et al                        
hearing september 22, 1998
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            is the best or the most positive way of identifying a person and also, Your Honor, because
           according to the dentist, the teeth were all broken up and down. The teeth were broken.

COURT: 

            Why, did he say why? Because of the exposure - exposure to the elements or what?

PROS. GALANIDA: 

            Maybe because of the fall.

COURT: 

            Because of the fall?

PROS. GALANIDA: 

            Yes, the impact. But we will request the dentist to testify on that point, Your Honor.

COURT: 

            So, we understand from this witness that they did not resort to the other methods of
            identification that he mentioned earlier in his testimony. So, they relied solely on the 
            fingerprint.

PROS. GALANIDA: 

            Yes, Your Honor.

COURT: 

            The other methods that he mentioned were not utilized.

PROS. GALANIDA: 

            Yes, Your Honor, because secondly, Your Honor, apart from the fact that the teeth of the
            dead body were all broken, it needed the dental records of the victim. They did not go
            through it anymore after the positive identification.
 

COURT: 

            Proceed.

PROS. GALANIDA:            

Q         May we know how long or what time did Dr. Sator finish his neoropsy or postmortem
            examination?

A         That was already past 12:00 o'clock.

Q         So, after Dr. Sator finished the autopsy or post-mortem examination at past 12:00 o'clock
            that day of July 20, 1997, what did you and your companions do?

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