REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT SEVENTH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 18 CEBU CITY PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff, ~ versus ~ Crim. Case No. 404502 For: Murder JEFFREY THOMAS FUENTES, Accused. Xoceteeeeecee sees es eee -/ REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES) SS. PROVINCE OF CEBU. ) ~/ x AFFIDAVIT I, SPECIAL AGENT ELA PEREZ, of legal age, Filipino, single, and a resident of Mandaue City, after having been duly sworn in accordance with law, do hereby depose and say that: 1. Lama lawyer by profession and is presently a special agent of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Regional Office No. VII, stationed in Cebu City. For the past ten years I have been assigned as Head of the NBI’s Heinous Crimes Division. 2. As Head of the NBI's Heinous Crimes Division, 1 conducted hundreds of investigations involving heinous crimes that resulted in successful prosecution and conviction of the suspects. I also participated in numerous trainings and seminars here and abroad involving crime investigation, including autopsy examinations and electronic evidence gathering and analysis.3. Sometime on 15 February 2019 at around 8:00 in the morning, our office received a report that a body of a dead woman was thrown off a cliff in Barangay Busay, Cebu City 4. Acting on the report, my team and I wasted no time in proceeding to the place where the body was found. Upon arrival at the area, several residents of the place were gathering around the body of the victim. In accordance with the standard operating procedure, we then cordoned the area off and conducted autopsy on the cadaver of the victim. 5. The autopsy examination that I personally conducted reveals the following findings:! “(a) Date and time of examination: — February 15, 2019 at 12:00 pm; (b) Approximate time of death; twelve (12) hours prior to examination; (6) Cause of death : multiple stab wounds and head injury; (d) Injuries sustained: (i) twenty-six stab wounds in various parts of the body; (ii) the skin of the entire face was ripped off using sharp bladed instrument exposing an open wound; (iii) eyes popped out; (iv) tongue protruded from the mouth; (v) head injury caused by a blunt instrument. (e) Other remarks: body was totally naked with a white laced underwear pulled down to the ankle; old laceration found in the hymen; negative of spermatozoa.” 6. Our team also found some items near the body of the victim, such as a white handkerchief? embroidered with the capital letter “J’ and the words “I love you 3,000", a pair of size 10 black sneakers,’ and a silver Samsung Galaxy cellphone.* ' Copy of the Autopsy Report is attached as Annex “A” 2 This piece of evidence will be presented in court during the trial and will be marked as Exhibit “B". 3 This piece of evidence will be presented in court during the trial and will be marked as Exhibit “C”. + This piece of evidence will be presented in court during the trial and will be marked as Exhibit “D”.7. We would later learn that the full name of the victim is Jolleane Perino (“Jolleane”), 24 years old, a resident of Lahug, Cebu City, and a third year law student of the University of San Carlos, whose cadaver was positively identified by her parents and relatives 8. Jolleane’s gruesome murder shocked the nation and generated intense public furor that no less than the President of the Republic of the Philippines ordered the NBI to conduct hot pursuit operation and bring to justice the persons responsible for such an abominable crime. We were given two weeks to solve the case. 9. In the ensuing extensive investigation that our team conducted, we were able to gather from the accounts of eyewitnesses that at around 5:00 p.m. of February 14, 2019, Jolleane was seen attending a mass held at the Lahug Parish Church where she was the lead singer of the church choir that serviced the mass administered on that evening. After the mass ended at past 6:00 p.m. of that day, Jolleane was also seen agitated while talking to a man her age in front of the church’s main entrance. After a few minutes, Jolleane and the man hurriedly walked towards the parking lot and boarded a motorcycle and left the church with the man driving and Jolleane backriding. The man was later identified by witnesses as Jeffrey Thomas Fuentes (“Jeffrey”), 24 years old, a third year law student at the University of San Carlos, and a resident of No. 6 Camia Street, San Jose Village, Barangay Tisa, Cebu City. 10. Our team also gathered a video recording captured by the Close Circuit Television (CCTV) installed by Marco Polo Hotel by the roadside showing Jolleane and Jeffrey on board a motorcycle going to the direction of Barangay Busay, Cebu City 11. Applying my expertise, training, and experience on electronic evidence gathering, examination, and analysis, I opened and examined the cellphone that we found at the place where the cadaver of the victim was discovered and confirmed that the cellphone belonged to Jolleane as her picture is used as the screen saver and her name corresponds to the number saved in the cellphone’s contacts directory. Jolleane’s parents also confirmed Jolleane’s ownership over the phone having seen Jolleane using, the phone before her death. 12. As I browsed over the text messages found in Jolleane’s cellphone, I particularly found a series of text exchanges between Jolleane and Jeffrey. I gathered from the members of Jolleane’s family and close friends that Jeffrey is Jolleane’s ex-boyfriend, whom Jolleane met in law school.