A jail personnel talks to Richard Gudelosao after he was found guilty of killing and mutilating two women in Talisay City in 2008. (CDN PHOTO/ ADOR MAYOL)
Regional Trial Court Branch 23 Judge Generosa Labra has convicted Richard Gudelosao for killing and mutilating the bodies of two women in Talisay City in 2008.
The chopped bodies of Eva Mae Peligro, 24, and her cousin Gwendolyn Balasta, 26, were placed inside garbage bags and dumped in various locations in cities of Talisay and Naga and Minglanilla town.
Police investigation showed that the two were strangled before they were mutilated inside their residence in a private subdivision in Talisay City on July 24, 2008.
Gudelosao was found guilty of the double murder charge against him and was meted a jail term of up to 80 years.
But his girlfriend, Jean Antonette Medalle, was cleared by the court.
In 2012, Jojo Cellar, a third suspect in the killing, admitted involvement in the crime and was sentenced 20 to 40 years in prison. Police said the murders stemmed from bitter relations between Gudelosao and Peligro, the fiancée of his brother.