on November 6th Just Before Dawn in the
early morning hours in kazon city
Philippines a lifeless body was
discovered on 18th Avenue baranga San Ro
it was 530 a.m. and the passers by were
horrified they could tell it was the
body of a young woman likely in her 20s
showing unmistakable signs of Overkill
and brutality her face and chest bore
multiple wounds gunshots by the look of
it she had been cruy discarded by the
roadside as if she were nothing more
than trash but in her final moments she
held on to a crucial clue one that would
later help solve her case clutched
tightly in her hands was a paper bag
from McDonald's as if she were urging
the living to look within it for
answers the body was soon identified as
Julie and rodellas a young model with a
bright future ahead of her
affectionately known to those close to
her as
Jaa hi I'm Victor and welcome to crimes
Anatomy this case forces us to confront
the dark depths of human nature how
jealousy and hatred can warp our minds
leading us to commit the most heinous
acts at every turn the perpetrators had
the chance to stop to reconsider to show
Mercy instead they chose evil they chose
to become hell for this young woman this
case is far worse than just the gunshots
that claimed her life who was so cruy
wronged in her final hours Jaa had no
personal belongings on her when she was
found except for the aforementioned
McDonald's paper bag which she held
tightly in her hand inside was an
unopened double cheeseburger and a
receipt the receipt was timestamped 2:33
a.m. indicating a purchase made on the
same day her body was found this small
but significant clue would go on to help
solve her case the postmortem revealed
that Jaa hadn't just been shot she had
been sexually assaulted multiple times
with horrific lacerations to her private
areas the poor woman endured unspeakable
pain for hours before her death Jaa had
been reported kidnapped just the night
before by none other than her closest
friend the very person she had been out
with her parents anxiously awaiting news
were instead devastated when they
received the call no parent should ever
have to take their beloved daughter was
gone and now they were tasked with the
unimaginable identifying her body but
who was julieanne rodellas she was much
more than just a pretty face a freelance
model and part-time talent for
abscbn one of the top TV stations Jaa
was thriving in the entertainment
industry whether gracing the covers of
magazines like FHM or appearing on TV
she poured her heart into her work but
modeling wasn't her only passion Julie
was was also a dedicated student at
aureliano University working toward a
degree in hotel and restaurant
management financial hardship forced her
to leave school three times but modeling
gigs helped her pay her way through her
mother Luc rodelas would later share
that Julie had dreams of moving abroad
to build a better life for a young woman
with so much promise her future seemed
Limitless the final day on November 5th
2012 Julie's mother recalled saying
goodbye to her daughter that evening
Julie was heading out to meet her good
friend althia altamirano who was
accompanying her to meet a producer to
discuss a potential opportunity Jaa and
altia were Incredibly Close practically
Inseparable they often shared clothes
for their modeling gigs and some even
referred to them as sisters or twins Jaa
looked up to Alia admiring her as a role
model as ala had been the one to help
open doors to her early success now Jaa
was starting to book even more gigs than
her friend the night began innocently
enough Julian ala watched a movie at the
SM Mall of Asia enjoying what seemed
like just another fun night out after
the movie they hailed a cab and got off
near the World Trade Center along diado
macapagal Boulevard to meet another
friend but then at 12:40 a.m. a frantic
and tearful Alia walked into the pasai
city police station reporting that Julie
had been abducted she was shaking almost
inconsolable just minutes earlier around
12:30 a.m. while they were walking near
the World Trade Center on Gil puad
Avenue in P City just outside downtown
Manila a car suddenly screeched to a
stop in front of them two men jumped out
grabbed Julie and forced her into the
vehicle before speeding off it all
happened in an instant althia was frozen
in Terror unable to fully process what
she had just witnessed despite the
urgency she struggled to recall crucial
details the color of the car the clothes
the men wore or even a clear description
of the abductors themselves however one
thing stood out one of the men bore a
striking resemblance to jaa's boyfriend
fearful for her life as we now know just
hours later at 5:30 a.m. Julie's
lifeless body was found the police
reached out to althia again for
questioning but this time she didn't
show up her brother Charlie altamirano
told repor ERS that althia feared for
her life terrified that she might be
next but what was Alia so afraid of had
the two women gotten involved in
something dangerous a bad deal gone
wrong maybe the producer they were
supposed to meet wasn't what he seemed
the police knew they'd have to rely on
their expertise to solve this case
especially with Altha too spooked to be
of much help the criminal investigation
and detection unit cidu of the
Philippine national police took over the
case starting with the crime scene
Witnesses in the area reported hearing
gunshots around 5:00 a.m. and several
mentioned seeing a dark colored
Mitsubishi Montero speeding away from
where Julie's body was found while the
color wasn't clearly identifiable in the
dim light some witnesses were able to
provide a license plate clutched tightly
in jaa's hands was that McDonald's bag
and next to the unopened cheeseburger
was a receipt timestamped at 2:33 a.m.
it came from a McDonald's branch on un
Avenue
this raised serious doubts about Alia's
account if her story was true how could
Jaa have possibly bought McDonald's just
2 hours after being abducted by two men
reviewing CCTV footage from the
restaurant police spotted a man likely
in his late 20s or early 30s purchasing
two cheeseburger meals the same meal
found with Julie's body the police
finally had a lead further investigation
into the vehicle LED them to a black
Mitsubishi Montero registered to a woman
named roselina camboa but the real
breakthrough came when detectives
interviewed Alia's neighbors they
learned that althia was often seen being
picked up by a man in a Mitsubishi
Montero a man named Fernando he was the
son of roselina he was also known as Jr
and Jr bore an uncanny resemblance to
the man seen in the CCTV footage buying
the cheeseburgers this was no
coincidence this Revelation immediately
cast doubt on Alia's story which had
already lacked key details that even
Witnesses and passers by had managed to
provide but now Alia herself had gone
missing and police suspected she was
hiding detectives decided to put
surveillance on JR's house and their
break came on November 10th
2012 at 6:00 p.m. police spotted Jr's
father leaving the house with a change
of clothes they discreetly tailed his
black Toyota Inova which led them
straight to appet banga there they found
Alia and Jr seemingly in the midst of a
getaway in the Mitsubishi Montero once
in custody both althia and Jr were
interrogated about their connection to
the death of Julian rodelas the police
laid out the evidence the McDonald's
receipt found at the crime scene the
CCTV footage showing Jr at the UN Avenue
McDonald's purchasing the cheeseburger
meal that was found in jaa's possession
Alia initially stuck to the store story
she had told police in the early hours
of November 6th but as the officers
pressed her cracks began to form
eventually althia broke revealing a
chilling plot according to her the
Abduction of Julie had been premeditated
but she was quick to claim that murder
was never part of the plan the intent
she insisted was simply to teach Julie a
lesson althia confessed that their
friendship had soured although they were
both part of the same modeling industry
althia had grown to resent Julie accus
accusing her of being Indiscreet and
spreading rumors the final blow came
when althia found out that Julie had
been telling people especially in the
modeling world that althia had two
children a truth althia had tried to
keep hidden according to her this rumor
had damaged her reputation and cost her
career opportunities to althia it was a
betrayal she couldn't forgive when
althia confided in Jr about the rumors
he quickly agreed to help her together
they concocted a plan to kidnap Julie
and scare her althia emphasized that
they never intended to harm her let
alone kill her on the night of November
5th althia texted Jr revealing her
location with Julie soon after the black
Mitsubishi Montero appeared althia
watched as two men jumped out grabbed
Julie and forced her into the vehicle
the plan was set into motion althia
claimed that after the abduction regret
began to wash over her she recalled
wanting to stop the men and pull Julie
back but she didn't act instead she
cried on the street tears she insisted
were genuine a police officer found her
crying leading her to file a report at
12:40 a.m. on November 6th during the
interrogation altia admitted to texting
Jr asking him to pick her up at the
police station he arrived shortly after
accompanied by his father and the trio
left together althia insisted she had no
idea that Julie had been killed at that
point as far as she knew Julie had only
been abducted
guys I've watched this footage multiple
times I can't find a single tear on her
let me know if you
can all right there's a lot to unpack
here so apparently Miss crocodile tears
over here has been very upset because
she's been an angel to Jaa helping her
with modeling gigs with picking clothes
for doing her up but ja has been
gossiping about her so somehow her
boyfriend is more angry about this than
her and he wants to teach her a lesson
she hesitantly agrees I don't know out
of fear but her boyfriend kills her and
she never knew that was going to happen
even though in the past apparently he's
held a gun to her head I just think if
she wanted to handle it as a friend she
could have talked to Jaa instead of you
know getting a big hairy man with a gun
to take care of it and I still can't
find a single tier on her so maybe you
guys can help me
out according to her after they left the
police station around around 2: a.m.
they drove home collected some clothes
and checked into a motel by 4:00 a.m.
later she met up with mutual friends of
hers and Julie's in laspia City handing
over Julie's bag and sandals items Left
Behind during the abduction althia asked
these friends to return the belongings
to Julie's
family the couple then went into hiding
at Jr's ancestral home in a palet althia
claimed that she wanted to go home but
that Jr forbade her from answering calls
or responding to text messages she said
it wasn't until Wednesday when her
sister texted her that Julie had been
found dead that she realized what had
happened she claimed to have confronted
Jr who according to her feigned
ignorance claiming he had outsourced the
job to some guys who handled everything
all right I know I'm getting a bit
obsessed but her using that napkin seems
about as useful as putting lipstick on a
pig I still don't see any tears
throughout her account althia attempted
to shift all the blame onto Jr she
conveniently claimed memory lapses after
the abduction and denied knowing about
Julie's death for days but her
willingness to stay in hiding cast doubt
on her story which just didn't add up
Jr's interrogation when interrogated Jr
also denied involvement in the murder
pointing instead to a man named jmar
wadii according to Jr jmar was the one
who had taken Julie to a safe house
after the Abduction the police swiftly
acted on this lead raiding a safe house
on kot kabo Street what was supposed to
be a straightforward raid erupted into a
deadly firefight gunfire was exchanged
between the police and the suspects
resulting in the death of one of the
alleged perpetrators identified as Bob
Usman authorities managed to arrest two
others jar waradi and Jalan pasan Jar's
confession once in custody jmar provided
an affidavit that shed light on the
crime according to his statement Jr had
shown up at his residence on lonoa
Street around 300 p.m. on November 5th
accompanied by another man named Ephron
Talib Jr came with a clear request he
wanted jmar and Talib to help him teach
his girlfriend's rival Jaa a lesson out
of loyalty they agreed without
hesitation they owed Jr a lot later that
day the group drove around in JR's black
Mitsubishi Montero eventually stopping
for dinner at the ocean Bay Restaurant
This was later confirmed by CCTV footage
showing the three men entering the
restaurant around 8:00 p.m. and staying
for roughly an
hour according to jmar they left only
after Jr received a text from althia his
response caught on CCTV was chilling
okay baby just wait a minute what
followed was a terrifying chain of
events the men dawned bonnets to conceal
their identities dragg Julie into their
vehicle and headed to a safe house
initially the plan was just to scare her
but things took a turn when Julie
recognized Jr wadii slipped up
mentioning Jr's name during the
abduction saying Jay let's go to our
turf as the situation escalated Julianne
rodellas Jaa began pleading for her life
repeatedly saying Jr Jr I'm sorry vadi
explained that hearing his name enraged
Jr he lashed out at Julie Furious that
she had dared to speak his name it was
at this moment that the Grim reality set
in teaching her a lesson was no longer
on the table the situation had spiraled
into something much darker the terror
had only just begun for Julie Talib led
her into a separate room while Jr and
moradi stayed behind the walls echoed
with Julie's terrified voice pleading
please don't please don't and then
silence about 10 minutes later Jr
received a phone call from Altha she had
been crying when a police officer found
her after the abduction and was now at
the station giving a statement altha's
version of events lined up with this she
had asked Jr to pick her up from the
station Jr without hesitation left the
safe house leaving Talib Bob and another
man abdb behind to watch over Julie
waradi claimed that after Jr left he too
decided to return home and sleep but
later that night he was woken by Bob who
seemed alarmed a man known as Aldos had
unexpectedly shown up at the safe house
and Bob didn't know what to do when
wadii arrived back at the scene he found
Talib standing watch outside inside
aldus was talking to Julie gripping a 45
caliber pistol waradi confronted him JR
left her in our care don't mess with her
he warned but Aldos wasn't one to back
down what's the problem why don't you
grant me this favor he retorted waradi
repeated his warning reminding Aldos
that their orders were to protect Julie
but Aldos pushed further that's all
you're going to throw her away anyway
let me use her first then in the final
moments of Julie rodell's life
Jr returned to the safe house carrying a
fast food Burger meal he handed it to
waradi who approached the door of the
room where Julie was being held and
passed the meal inside badii explained
that this gesture was a signal to Aldos
that Jr had arrived and that waradi was
stepping back Aldos responded cooly it's
okay I'm done the atmosphere shifted
into something even more chilling when
Aldos asked what's the next move Talib
reportedly replied Jr said shoot to kill
Aldos holding the power of life and
death in his hands turned to Julie and
told her to eat the food reassuring her
that she would be taken home soon
unaware of what awaited her Julie
refused the meal saying she would eat
once she got home waradi growing
increasingly uncomfortable distanced
himself from the escalating events he
left the scene but continued to request
updates according to War's testimony
Aldos later admitted that he was the
first to shoot Julie followed by Talib
she had been shot five times in the head
when wadii learned about this he
reportedly reacted with shock managing
only to mutter that's too much around
5:00 a.m. Julie's lifeless body was
dumped on the roadside as if the cruelty
wasn't enough she was shot once more
this time the sound of The Gunshot woke
the surrounding neighborhood warad
statement chilling and unflinching
provided a final devastating revelation
jie had been sexually assaulted multiple
times before her murder the postmortem
examination would later confirm this
horrific fact War's testimony was so
critical that the prosecution considered
him their star
witness Justice and trial the
investigation didn't stop after the
initial arrests police launched a
Relentless Manhunt for the remaining
suspects ifran Talib and the Man known
only as Aldos both of whom according to
vadi were directly responsible for
sexually assaulting and killing Julie
all under the orders of Jr in the
aftermath charges began to mount althia
Jr jar waradhi and Jalan Pasa wian were
all formally charged with kidnapping and
murder meanwhile the two fugitives Aldos
and Talib faced additional charges of
sexual assault and murder on November
22nd 2012 during the arraignment both
waradi and pasa and pleaded not guilty
their defense argued that they were
passive participants with no direct
involvement in Julie's murder althia and
Jr refused to enter pleas leaving the
court to submit not guilty pleas on
their behalf following the proceedings
the court ordered althia and Jr to be
transferred to the kazun city jail while
Wadi and Pasa wian remained in custody
at the CG in Camp caringal in the
meantime althia and Jr's legal team
filed a motion to quash aiming to have
the charges dismissed due to what they
claimed were unlawful arrests however
this motion was swiftly dismissed by the
kison city Regional trial court in
February 2013 judge kadad walero ruled
that the police acted lawfully in making
warrantless arrests citing the strong
evidence linking the defendants to
Julie's kidnapping and murder the court
found that the circumstances surrounding
the crime Justified the suspense
suspicion and arrests within 2 to 4 days
of Julie's body being discovered
meanwhile Jalan Pasa Wan's case took a
different turn with insufficient
evidence linking him directly to Julie's
murder he was instead charged with
illegal possession of a firearm in
January 2013 Pasa wian was temporarily
released on bail set at 80,000 pesos but
this temporary Freedom would lead to his
doom on the morning of June 15th 2013
Pasa willan was shot and killed while
eating breakfast with his family at
their home in keson City according to
reports a neighbor named Nasher alansa
barged into Pan's house around 5:30 a.m.
and opened fire despite the shocking and
violent nature of the crime Pan's Widow
Samira refused to allow crime scene
investigators into their home she even
signed a waiver declining any
investigation into her husband's death I
wonder if the Hitman was Ed to silence
another witness who could testify
against his friends but we may never
know the truth throughout this turbulent
legal battle Julie's family has remained
steadfast in their pursuit of Justice
her brother Alvin spoke openly about
their hope that the remaining fugitives
ephan Talib and Aldos will eventually be
brought to Justice according to War's
testimony these two men were the ones
who brutally assaulted and shot Julie
under Jar's orders the rodellas family
has vowed to continue fighting until the
full extent of justice is served as of
September 2024 12 years after the tragic
death of model and TV personality Julie
n the kazon City Regional trial court is
finally set to render its verdict the
long-awaited conclusion to this
high-profile case has been marred by
repeated delays initially the ruling was
scheduled for July 12th 2024 but judge
kadad wal Lucero postponed it first to
August 23rd due to a case inventory then
to August 27th for a caravan in Dava
City and finally to September 27th the
volunteers against Crime and Corruption
vac alongside the rodelas family have
expressed frustration over these delays
attorney Manuel obedoza Jr of vac
criticized the court for the repeated
rescheduling raising concerns about the
justice system now it's unclear whether
the trial has begun or if it has faced
another heart-wrenching delay for the
families 12 long years after Julie's
life was cut short they continue to hope
the court will deliver a verdict that
finally brings closure and a semblance
of justice for Julie but no matter how
much Justice can be achieved in the
courts until these two men are also
caught Who Remain free for over a decade
there will never be any True Justice for
Jaa
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