Danilo Guades
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Danilo "Danny" Guades was a Filipino
spree killer
who hacked to death 10 people with a bolo
and injured 17 more on a drunk rampage
through his neighbourhood in the barangay
Gadgaran of Calbayog City
on June 2, 2007.
He had been married, but his wife died in December 2006 and he used to sleep at his cousin's house since then. He had a child, who was in grade four at the time of the murders.
Throughout the village Guades was known as a mentally imbalanced trouble-maker who was often drunk, sometimes waking two days, before running to the mangroves to sleep there on the ground for the following two days.
Apparently Guades had also told others that somebody is always chasing him.
Subsequently Danny Guades attacked the Jadulco family, living nearby, killing pregnant Gemma Jadulco and five of her children and leaving two others injured, before walking to the Conteras' home. There he killed Candido Conteras, injured his wife Maria and their daughter Jennelyn and mortally wounded their son Danilo. In the backyard of the house Guades attacked Carlito Layam, who was slightly injured at his right arm, but managed to fight off the attacker.
Afterwards Guades entered the house of Enis Lecis through the window and hit sleeping Eduardo and Enis Lecis in the head, killing Eduardo. At a wake
for a member of the Ramada family, where Guades had spent some time drinking earlier, he cut Francisco Ramada's throat, hit Ernesto Ramada's neck and stabbed Armando Ramada into the left side of his body. Michael Caber and Myra Manlapid were also injured, before people attending the wake managed to fight Guades off. Guades fled to a road junction, where he attacked his final victims, Eddie and Jocelyn Gonzaga, who were on board of a motorcycle. Guades assaulted them with the bolo and a club, hitting Eddie Gonzaga at the arm, jaw and forehead and his wife at her left elbow, before the driver of the motorcycle was able to escape.
Guades finally surrendered himself to Fortunato Burbana, a villager, at about 3 a.m., according to himself out of fear police might chase and kill him. Burbana then turned him over to police, ending Guades' one hour long rampage. At the police station Guades denied killing anyone but his brother many years ago. He was charged with multiple murder.
Police later disclosed that Guades told them he committed the crime to strengthen his amulet, a piece of paper with Latin words on it.
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
spree killer
Spree killer
A spree killer is someone who embarks on a murderous assault on two or more victims in a short time in multiple locations. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics defines a spree killing as "killings at two or more locations with almost no time break between murders."-Definition:According to the...
who hacked to death 10 people with a bolo
Bolo knife
A bolo is a large cutting tool of Filipino origin similar to the machete, used particularly in the jungles of Indonesia, the Philippines, and in the sugar fields of Cuba...
and injured 17 more on a drunk rampage
Rampage
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through his neighbourhood in the barangay
Barangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
Gadgaran of Calbayog City
Calbayog City
Calbayog City is a first class city in the province of Samar, Philippines. It lies along the coastal region of the province stretching about from the northern tip of the island and from southern boundaries...
on June 2, 2007.
Life
Danny Guades was jailed for seven years at the Caloocan City Jail for stabbing to death his elder brother Toto some time in the 1980s.He had been married, but his wife died in December 2006 and he used to sleep at his cousin's house since then. He had a child, who was in grade four at the time of the murders.
Throughout the village Guades was known as a mentally imbalanced trouble-maker who was often drunk, sometimes waking two days, before running to the mangroves to sleep there on the ground for the following two days.
Apparently Guades had also told others that somebody is always chasing him.
Murders
39-year old Guades began his rampage at the home of his cousin Emily Guades Ponce. Entering her house at about 2 a.m. he attacked her husband Benjamin with a 22-inch long bolo knife, hitting him in the left shoulder, before turning against her sleeping children, killing her son Eric with a blow to his head and injuring her other son Benjie and her daughter Marylin with hits to their heads and arms. Emily Guades Ponce, though also injured at her head, managed to jump out of a window and escape.Subsequently Danny Guades attacked the Jadulco family, living nearby, killing pregnant Gemma Jadulco and five of her children and leaving two others injured, before walking to the Conteras' home. There he killed Candido Conteras, injured his wife Maria and their daughter Jennelyn and mortally wounded their son Danilo. In the backyard of the house Guades attacked Carlito Layam, who was slightly injured at his right arm, but managed to fight off the attacker.
Afterwards Guades entered the house of Enis Lecis through the window and hit sleeping Eduardo and Enis Lecis in the head, killing Eduardo. At a wake
Wake (ceremony)
A wake is a ceremony associated with death. Traditionally, a wake takes place in the house of the deceased, with the body present; however, modern wakes are often performed at a funeral home. In the United States and Canada it is synonymous with a viewing...
for a member of the Ramada family, where Guades had spent some time drinking earlier, he cut Francisco Ramada's throat, hit Ernesto Ramada's neck and stabbed Armando Ramada into the left side of his body. Michael Caber and Myra Manlapid were also injured, before people attending the wake managed to fight Guades off. Guades fled to a road junction, where he attacked his final victims, Eddie and Jocelyn Gonzaga, who were on board of a motorcycle. Guades assaulted them with the bolo and a club, hitting Eddie Gonzaga at the arm, jaw and forehead and his wife at her left elbow, before the driver of the motorcycle was able to escape.
Guades finally surrendered himself to Fortunato Burbana, a villager, at about 3 a.m., according to himself out of fear police might chase and kill him. Burbana then turned him over to police, ending Guades' one hour long rampage. At the police station Guades denied killing anyone but his brother many years ago. He was charged with multiple murder.
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Motive
It was said that Guades apparently had a quarrel with Gemma Jadulco's husband, Totoy, before the rampage, when both were attending the wake.Police later disclosed that Guades told them he committed the crime to strengthen his amulet, a piece of paper with Latin words on it.
External links
- Killing Rampage In Calbayog Samar, Tingog.com (June 3, 2007)
- Eight killed as amok rampages in Samar, The Manila Times (June 3, 2007)
- Deranged man kills 10, hurts 16 in Samar village, Philippine Headline News (June 3, 2007)
- Jobless man runs amuck, kills 10 in Samar, Philippine Daily InquirerPhilippine Daily InquirerThe Philippine Daily Inquirer, popularly known as the Inquirer, is the most widely read broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines, with a daily circulation of 260,000 copies. It is one of the Philippines' newspapers of record...
(June 3, 2007) - 10 killed, 16 wounded as man runs amok in Samar, Philippine Daily InquirerPhilippine Daily InquirerThe Philippine Daily Inquirer, popularly known as the Inquirer, is the most widely read broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines, with a daily circulation of 260,000 copies. It is one of the Philippines' newspapers of record...
(June 2, 2007) - Drunk man kills 10 in Philippines, ReutersReutersReuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
(June 3, 2007) - Killing spree in Calbayog a wake-up call, say top cops, Leyte Samar Daily Express
- Multiple murder charges filed vs amok, Philippine Information Agency (June 5, 2007)