Jennifer murder scene hints at anal sex

Used condom, semen found in crime scene

MANILA – A condom that appears to have been used was found at the site where Jennifer Laude was killed, a police official told a Senate committee on Wednesday.

The used condom was among two recovered at the crime scene in Celzone Lodge, Chief Supt. Theresa Ann Cid of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Crime Laboratory said.

“The first condom apparently has fresh seminal fluid with fecal material,” Cid said.

Chief Insp. Reynaldo Dave, medico legal officer at Olongapo’s regional crime laboratory, said that based on this evidence, Laude engaged in anal sex.

But it is not yet clear if the suspect, US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton, was the one who used the condom.

For Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, the evidence suggests Laude may not have tricked whoever killed her into believing she was biologically female.

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Some had speculated that deception was the reason she was killed, especially after Laude’s friend and a key witness, “Barbie”, said Pemberton was not aware Laude was a transgender woman.

“It’s puzzling,” Santiago said. “Because of the fecal matter in the condom, apparently they had anal sex. So mukhang tanggap niya na lalaki ang kasama niya.”

“Kaya hindi natin maintindihan ngayon bakit gano’n na lang ang galit niya kung hindi dahilan sa lasing siya,” the senator added.

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At the hearing, Barbie and the motel’s cashier, Elias Gallamos, said Pemberton was a little drunk when they saw him the night Laude was killed.

Investigators said they may release the findings of their examination of the evidence found at the crime scene after three weeks.