3 Cadets Face Life Imprisonment For Death of Cadet 4th Class Darwin Dormitorio

IF FOUND guilty, cadets from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) proven to have direct participation in the death of Cadet 4th Class Darwin Dormitorio is set to face life imprisonment.

Police Colonel Allen Rae Co, city director of the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO), explained the possible criminal sanctions to the three cadets identified as Cadets 3rd class Shalimar Imperial and Felix Lumbag and Cadet 1st class Axl Rey Sanupao who were all charged criminally for their direct involvement in the maltreatment of Dormitorio.

“We are just trying to wrap up things at PMA to ensure that no loose ends would be missed. Based on our latest investigation, the initial offence of Cadet Dormitorio was because of the missing combat boots owned by Cadet 1st Class Sanopao that was entrusted to the care of Cadet Dormitorio which was already missing for about a week, on September 17, on the day Cadet Dormitorio was sent to the hospital,” Co said.

“We can file this on our own but we want to appraise the family of the whole situation on the case we have at hand so that there will be no recrimination or other misunderstanding on the case that we will file,” Co added.