1St Witness of The Prosecution Liezel Oraga October 4, 2016
1St Witness of The Prosecution Liezel Oraga October 4, 2016
1St Witness of The Prosecution Liezel Oraga October 4, 2016
LIEZEL ORAGA
October 4, 2016
Prosecutor: We are offering the testimony of the witness Your Honor to identify
the perpetrator who caused the untimely death of Melona Aligno.
Prosecutor: Madam Witness, do you know a person by the name of Melona Aligno?
Witness: Ive known Jonathan for almost 20 years, I have only known Melona for 2
years.
Witness: Jonathan is my neighbor and Melona was his live in partner. They lived
next to our house.
Prosecutor: Can you tell the court, madam witness, how far is your house from the
house where Melona and Jonathan had lived?
Witness: Very near, our house is just 10 steps away from their house.
Prosecutor: Madam witness, where were you on March 1, 2006 around 5pm?
Prosecutor: During that time, did you observe any unusual incident that
happened?
Witness: I saw Melona being stabbed on the chest then on the abdomen using a
bladed weapon.
Prosecutor: Your Honor, heres the copy of necropsy report stating that
the victim received multiple stab wounds on chest and abdomen.
Prosecutor: If that bladed weapon will be shown to you, will you be able to identify
it?
Prosecutor: I am showing you this bladed weapon, is this the instrument you are
referring to?
Prosecutor: May we pray Your Honor that this object evidence be marked
as Exhibit E as previously marked during the pre trial conference?
Witness: At our house, my husband was already at home so I told him what I saw.
Prosecutor: There is a signature over the name Liezel Oraga, whose signature is
this?
Witness: My signature.
Prosecutor: For purposes of identification, may I pray that the sworn statement of
the witness consisting of two pages be marked as Exhibit A and A-1 and the
signature as Exhibit A-2 Your Honor.
Prosecutor: We are offering Your Honor the testimony of Carlito Aligno, the private
complainant of this case and the father of the victim.
Prosecutor: Mr. Witness, do you know a person by the name of Melona Aligno?
Witness: Melona Aligno is my daughter maam while Jonathan Baguioso was the
live in partner of my daughter.
Prosecutor: You said that she is your daughter, may we know where she is now?
Prosecutor: What is the reason or cause of death of your daughter, if you know?
Prosecutor: How did you know that your daughter was stabbed?
Witness: That at around 7:30 pm of March 1, 2006, I was on duty as CAFGU at Sitio
Lamac, Inagongan, Tagoloan, Lanao del Norte when Malacanang Base of Iligan City
called our Patrol Base through our radio and requested to inform me that my
daughter Melona Aligno was stabbed by her live-in partner Jonathan Bagiouso at
around more or less 6:00 pm of the same date at Purok 8, Malindawag, Abuno,
Iligan City.
Prosecutor: There is a signature over the name Carlito Aligno, whose signature is
this?
Witness: My signature.
Prosecutor: For purposes of identification, may I pray that the sworn statement of
the witness consisting of two pages be marked as Exhibit A and A-1 and the
signature as Exhibit A-2 Your Honor.