After Operation Report (Class Purposes Only)

Republic of the Philippines
Department of the Interior and Local Government

NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE
OLONGAPO CITY POLICE STATION
Olongapo City, Zambales
MEMORANDUM
FOR : THE PROVINCIAL DIRECTOR

Olongapo Provincial Police Office
Olongapo City, Zambales
FROM : CHIEF OF POLICE

Olongapo City Police Warrant and Subpoena Section
SUBJECT : After Operation Report re – Service of Warrant of Arrest against

Joseph Scott Pemberton
DATE : October 13, 2014
1. References:
a. Warrant of arrest in Criminal Case No. 987865-74 for Murder, issued by the Hon.
RolineGinez-Jabalde, judge of the Regional Trial Court Branch 74 Olongapo City
b. Spot report dated October 11, 2014
c. Progress report dated October 12, 2014
d. Investigation report regarding on the killing of Jenifer Laude which transpired at
Celzone Lodge Hotel Olongapo City Zambalez on October 11, 2014 at about 10:10 PM.
2. Mission: To arrest the above named person as the law directs
3. Personnel Dispatched : PINP FREDERICK TURALBA

: SPO4 JHONY DIMASALANG
: PO3 HENRY SALVA
: PO1 DIEGO SERVANTES
4. Crime Data
Name of the Accused : JOSEPH SCOTT PEMBERTON
Nature of Crime : Murder
Criminal Case No. : 987865-74
Issuing Court : Branch 74 Olongapo City
Issuing Judge : Hon. Roline Ginez-Jabalde
Date : October 15, 2014
5. Area of Operation : Subic Bay Freeport Olongapo City
6. Duration : From 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 NN October 15, 2014
7. Facts of the case:
7.1. A woman naked body found dead, partially covered from the waist down, with her
neck blackened with strangulation marks and her head in a toilet bowl in the hotel’s room.
7.2. Barbie Galvino 25 years old, single, jobless and a resident of Olongapo City met the
investigator upon arrival. She Identified the victim as Jennifer Laude, 26-year-old, Filipina trans
woman and a resident of Olongapo, city. She added further, that her friend the (victim) entered
the hotel’s room together with US Marine identified as Joseph Scott Pemberton.
7.3. Investigation disclosed that the victim had been strangled by the perpetrator as the
manifestation of strangulation marks on the former’s neck and her head was drowned in a toilet
bowl causing her instantaneous death.
7.4. Autopsy conducted at Olongapo City crime laboratory determined the cause of death
was "asphyxiation by drowning"
7.5. At the time of the death of the victim she was engaged to a German national named
Marc Sueselbeck. While having a drink with her friend at the Ambyanz Disco in Olongapo City,
on October 11, 2014, the former met a "white foreigner" and agreed to go with the latter to a
"short time" hotel called the Celzone Lodge. Together with her friend, they also with their own
companion, and they were went to different rooms. Later that night Laude was found dead.
7.6. Recovered pieces of evidence which are condoms from the bathroom were subjected
to DNA testing to determine if the semen it contained matched that of Pemberton.
7.7. Forensic experts from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory determined
that one of the three condoms and a condom wrapper recovered from the motel room had
Pemberton's fingerprints. The DNA within the condoms also did not match Laude's DNA.
7.8. Background investigation revealed that Pemberton was a United States Marine from
New Bedford, Massachusetts, and was in the Philippines as part of regular military exercises. His
ship was docked at Subic Bay Freeport, former home of the Subic Bay Naval Base, at one time
one of the largest US Navy bases outside the United States.
8. Acting with this, the undersigned dispatched a team lead by PINP Frederick Turalba
to serve the warrant of arrest to the suspect. The team arrived at about 9:00 A.M. at the place
where the suspect located based on the investigation conducted. With the proper coordination of
the US Navy, the latter was immediately arrested who did not resist. He was brought to this
office for proper disposition.
9. The suspect was booked with No. 977789-68. He was detained first on his ship and
then inside Camp Aguinaldo, the headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines located
in Quezon City, Metro Manila.
10. For information.
KIMBERT V. VAJE
Police Chief Inspector
Incident
Laude, a trans woman, met Pemberton, a United States Marine from New
Bedford, Massachusetts, at the Ambyanz disco bar in Olongapo on the evening of October 11,
2014.[2][3][4] According to police and witnesses, they subsequently went to Celzone Lodge, a
nearby motel.[5][6] Thirty minutes after checking in, Pemberton left the motel, leaving the door to
the room ajar. Staff found Laude's naked body, partially covered from the waist down, with her
neck blackened with strangulation marks and her head in a toilet bowl. [7]Condoms recovered
from the bathroom were subjected to DNA testing to determine if the semen it contained
matched that of Pemberton. Forensic experts from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation
Laboratory determined that one of the three condoms and a condom wrapper recovered from the
motel room had Pemberton's fingerprints.[8][9][10] The DNA within the condoms also did not match
Laude's DNA.[11] The cause of death was reported as "asphyxiation by drowning".[12][9]
Pemberton was in the Philippines as part of regular military exercises. [9] His ship was docked
at Subic Bay Freeport, former home of the Subic Bay Naval Base, at one time one of the
largest US Navy bases outside the United States.[9][13][14]
Victim
Jennifer Laude was born on November 4, 1988. At the time of her death, she was engaged to a
German national named Marc Sueselbeck. While having a drink with her friend Barbie Galvino
at the Ambyanz Disco in Olongapo City, on October 11, 2014, she met a "white foreigner" and
agreed to go with him to a "short time" hotel called the Celzone Lodge. Galvino went also with
her own companion, and the couples went to different rooms. Later that night Laude was found
dead.
Arrest and Trial

Following the death of Laude, Pemberton was detained by the U.S. Navy, first on his ship and
then inside Camp Aguinaldo, the headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines located
in Quezon City, Metro Manila.[15]
On December 15, 2014, the Olongapo City Prosecutor's Office of the Philippine Department of
Justice found probable cause to charge Pemberton with murder and on that day he was charged
with murder in front of the Olongapo City Regional Trial Court Branch 74.[16] The prosecutor
decided to pursue murder charges because of the "presence of treachery, cruelty, and abuse of
superior strength".[16] Pemberton appealed the prosecutor's decision to the Secretary of Justice
but that appeal was denied.[15] On February 23, 2015, Pemberton was brought to court in
Olongapo and the court entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf.[15] The pre-trial hearings began
February 27, 2015.[15] The murder trial began on March 16.[15] Under the Visiting Forces
Agreement, the local courts have one year to complete any legal proceedings.[15]
Pemberton was represented by Rowena Flores.[15] The trial was heard by Judge Roline Ginez-
Jabalde.[15]
Reporters were banned from the courtroom and relied upon second-hand reports from Laude
family lawyers for their news articles.[17]
The Daily Mail in March reported that Laude's relatives said they had been offered 21
million Philippine pesos (US$468,000) if they agreed to lower the charge from murder to
homicide.[18] The Daily Mail further quoted the family saying that Julita Cabillan, Laude's
mother, rejected the offer and said, "No amount of money could pay for the years I spent raising
my child."[18] One of Pemberton's lawyers, Benjamin Tolosa, said the Marine's legal team offered
no money, saying "It has been insinuated the demand came from us and that's absolutely false.
It's contrary to what happened".[18]
Lawyers for the Laude family said that prosecutor Emilie Fe de los Santos had taken a statement
by Laude's mother that she would not drop the case even if offered a million dollars as a sign that
the Laude family was open to a plea bargain, and insisted that the prosecutor had promoted that
idea with defense attorneys.[19]
One of the Laude family's attorneys, Harry Roque, told the press that he had been barred by
Prosecutor de los Santos from the trial. Laude's family submitted a letter to Department of
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima requesting the assignment of a new prosecutor, citing the refusal
of de los Santos to work with the family's private lawyers. [19] The prosecution rested on June 30,
2015.[20]
Pemberton admitted in court to fighting with Laude, but not to killing her. He claimed he acted in
"self-defense" after he discovered Laude was transgender.[21]
Facebook photo of Jenifer Laude (victim)

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Republic of the Philippines

Department of the Interior and Local Government

FOR : THE PROVINCIAL DIRECTOR

FROM : CHIEF OF POLICE

SUBJECT : After Operation Report re – Service of Warrant of Arrest against

DATE : October 13, 2014

2. Mission: To arrest the above named person as the law directs

3. Personnel Dispatched : PINP FREDERICK TURALBA

5. Area of Operation : Subic Bay Freeport Olongapo City

6. Duration : From 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 NN October 15, 2014

7. Facts of the case:

10. For information.

Arrest and Trial

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