Victim Singing K-Pop Song (2NE1’s - I Don’t Care) Leads To Double Murder

[Music]. Bada bing, bada boom. The people outside this teenager's home, they're multiplying by the day. Day one, maybe it's five people. Day two, it's. double. Then it's triple. And it seems. like more and more people are coming out. to this little girl's house and they're. screaming her name. Some of them have. posters. Some of them are just stringing. together these very colorful sentences. filled with just the most aggressive. curse words that you could possibly. think of. There were even rumors that. someone was going to light the house on.

fire. Okay, the plan is we're going to. light the house on fire and it's going. to force this little girl to come out. and essentially face the mob. She was. only 13 years old when she became one of. the most hated people in the entire. country of the Philippines. A video had. gone viral of this teenager yelling at. and yanking the hair of a middle-aged. woman. Moments later, that middle-aged. woman and her son would be murdered.

[Music]. As always, full show notes are available. at rotten mango podcast.com. This case. does take place in the Philippines, so. we did get our researcher who actually. lives there and speaks Tagalog to help.

us translate the sources. But as always, if anything was lost in translation or. if you have more information about this. case, please leave it in the comments. But there is a video of this incident. that has gone viral, like not just in. the Philippines, but it's it's it's on. Reddit. It's known somewhat. internationally. So, I will say there is. a bit of online discourse that is pretty. intense regarding the parties involved. I'm going to try to cover most of it, but it is um it is pretty dark. So, with.

that being said, if you've been like an. original K-pop fan, you know this song I. Don't Care by Tony anyone. Tun. Yeah. So, it came out over 10 years ago, I want to say, in like 2010. They've. since disbanded, but it this song was. everywhere. I mean, it was obviously. huge in South Korea, but it was one of. the most popular songs in the. Philippines. According to our. researcher, you cannot get into a taxi, you cannot go to a restaurant, a mall. without this song blaring every single. place you go. And it it was a bop. The.

song is very uplifting. It's catchy. It's kind of like this I don't care. song. Like I don't care about your. opinion. I don't care at all. Like I'm. doing my own thing type of song. That is. the iconic chorus. And it it's the type. of chorus that sticks to your mind after. just listening to it once. Mhm. But it would be someone's last. words. The song, not even the words I. don't care, but the actual chorus of the. song. Someone was singing that. Yes. Were her last words. In the video,

you see a woman about 45, 50 years old, and she's practically kneeling on the. ground, screaming, begging, like. pleading with this man in front of her, just just let me go. Let me and my son. go. This little 13-year-old girl comes. up to her, this is the man's daughter, and starts slapping at her arms and. hands, even pulls her hair. And the. little girl is standing there proudly. over someone who is, I mean, many. decades older than her. And this little.

girl says something along the lines of, "You know who my dad is, RIGHT?". SO THIS WOMAN, THIS 45-year-old woman in. one last act of defiance looks at this. little girl and sings the chorus of the. song. And she would be murdered immediately. afterwards along with her son. Like in.

the video you see the murder take place. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the. drama. Like everyone at first thought it. was so fascinating. It's the newest. neighborhood gossip. They're all at. dinners. They're at barbecues. They're. doing their little neighborhood walks. Like you know those two hate each other, right? What? No, they hate each other. So they would explain, "Well, Janelle, the dad of the family that lives on the. left, he hates Sonia, that middle-aged. lady that lives right next door to him.

The two families, they hate each other. All of Sonia's kids that are like 25ish, they all hate Janelle. Janelle is the little girl's dad. Yes. And Sonia is the neighbor. Middle-aged woman. Got it. And she's got a ton of kids that are. like 20-ish, 25ish, so older kids, right? And they hate each other. And the. neighbors are like, "Wait, I thought. everyone loves Sonia." Well, not. Janelle. He even tried to run over. Sonia's grandkids. In the middle of a. day, Janelle was riding his motorcycle.

back home and they have to use the same. road to get to their homes because. they're neighbors. And he sees Sonia's. little granddaughter standing with her. uncle on the side of the road. Apparently, this is the neighborhood. gossip. He starts stepping harder on the. gas pedal. He's picking up speed. He's. going way past the speed limit for a. neighborhood like residential zone. He. has no intention of slowing down. He. zooms right past this little girl, less. than a foot away from her. If she had. reached out her hand, if she had even. leaned a little towards the road, she.

would have been hit by the motorcycle. He was driving so fast, she actually. ended up falling back from the shock and. impact of like the wind. So, it sounds like they all really, really hate each other, but the. neighbors are confused. Why? So, for a. little while, it didn't make any sense, but eventually it would go to court. Apparently, everything had been fine. until Janelle decided to buy a piece of. land from Sonia. It was a lot. It was. probably like three or four months of. his salary. And Sonia warned him, "Okay, yes, this is a really good investment.

As a realtor, I can tell you that. I. think this plot of land is good, but. it's going to be a bit complicated." So, the way that it's set up is this is a. giant piece of land owned by one owner. He's going to sell off little pieces of. the land, but he's not going to give. everyone their deeds until the whole. plot of land is paid for. Mhm. So now, if you buy it right now, this. little plot A, we have to wait for all. the other plots to not only sell, but. for those buyers to pay in full.

Mhm. Are you okay with that? And he's like, "Yeah, I'm okay with that." But a year. later, he's like, "Where's my deed?" And. that's how this neighborhood feud. started. And so everyone's like, "Oh, well that. doesn't make sense." So he sued her and. took her to court and then what? She. ripped him off. Is that what really. happened? Like what's going on? He takes. her to court for embezzlement. He says. that it doesn't matter what she said. She did this to embezzle money out of. me. I don't think that I am ever going. to get a deed. Even if even if she had.

told me it would take a while, it. shouldn't take a year. Sonia, meanwhile, is arguing. I have no reason to do. anything like that. My reputation in the. industry is worth so much more than. this. Everyone loved Sonia for being. patient and friendly. She used to be a. teacher before she transitioned into. real estate. And she was just like this. really nice mother, this really kind. grandmother. She had no reason to want. to trash her whole family's reputation. and her career for a quick scam. She.

argued, "I did everything by the books. There was even a representative from the. government to witness the whole. transaction.". But no, Janelle went around screaming. about some scam. And in the end, Sonia, because it's so like in Korean, we have. this saying, it's like. it's like so dirty and so I feel so. dirty on the receiving end of these. accusations that are completely. baseless. She's like, I feel so dirty. I'm just going to give you your money. back. Like, just get away. Like, you. think I wronged you when I obviously.

didn't. So, just take the money. I don't. even care. Yeah. Exactly. So, that's what she does. She's like, "Okay, the transaction is null and void. Take your money and leave." But Janelle. is still not satisfied. He actually. tries to sue her for embezzlement once. more. And the whole neighborhood is just. confused. Like, "Okay, wait. He got his. money back. But if he's still suing, maybe there's something we don't know. Maybe he is right because why would he. sue if he's not right, right? But everybody loves Sonia. She's always.

had a spectacular reputation and she. gave him a refund. So maybe she's not in. the wrong and he's just a sue happy. weirdo. So like I said in the beginning, very entertaining neighborly gossip. But. once the passive aggressiveness between. the two neighbors ran so high that even. their own children were impacted or the. neighbors would feel this like unspoken. tension whenever they walked past the. two houses. Now it was getting just way. too much for everyone to handle. Anytime.

that you took a neighborhood walk, if. you saw Janelle, if you saw Sonia or her. son Frank, Sonia's son Frank is 25 years. old. He's very close with his mom and by. default, he very much hates Janelle and. vice versa. Now, it's customary that. these neighbors on their walk, they. would duck their head and just walk past. as fast as possible. It's just so. awkward and uncomfortable, you know? That was most days, but there were a few. incidents where they would have to step. in and try to diffuse situations, like. when things would get heated between the.

two families. One time it happened. because Janelle's daughter, let's call. her Ellie. Is this the 13-year-old? Yeah. So, her real name is out there. I'm not going to use it. We'll call her. Ellie. She was playing with Sonia's. grandkids. And the kids, you know, they're teasing Ellie. It wasn't the. nicest thing to do, but I don't think. they were physical. I don't think they. were like viciously verbally bullying. this girl. I think that they were. learning. Like I really am never that. person that says, "Oh, they're kids, right?" Because I don't believe in that.

But I think it was a genuine instance of. they're kids and they're learning how to. tease each other. They're learning. boundaries. It's an experimental phase. And I do think that they were kind of. teasing Ellie without this vicious, malicious intent to hurt her. But. Janelle sees this and he gets angry. Makes sense. Okay. I'm sure a lot of. parents would feel that way. He could. have just walked over to these tiny. little children and explained like, "Hey, this is not something you do when. you hang out with people, especially not.

with my daughter. Like, I'm not going to. be okay with it." You got it. How old are. like 10? Oh, seven, eight. You know, they're young. Oh, yeah. But instead, he stomps out the. front porch, a face red with anger, and. he's screaming, "Why are you bullying my. daughter? Behave yourself or I will show. you how demonic I can be.". Sonia was so angered by the whole thing. And she's not saying, "No, my kids can. never do wrong no wrong. My kids didn't. do that. My kids are angels." That's not. what she's saying. She's saying that's.

not how adults speak to children. That. is unacceptable. And it's well known and. crystal clear that Janelle hates me and. my whole family. like Sonia and her. whole family almost ran over one of the. kids and he lives in such close. proximity. Sonia feels like she has to. stand her ground so that her kids can. feel safe in this neighborhood. Mhm. She files a formal complaint and since. then we have reached a territory of no. going back. I think a lot of. interpersonal relationships are like.

this and I mean what do I know? I feel. like I'm learning things every day, right? There's I feel like there's. always a point of no return. And it's. not even just, oh, you know what? This. person is so toxic, there's no point of. return. I think there's always a spot. where both parties have gone so far, neither one can turn around. There's no U-turn anymore. It's almost. become part of like your life, your. character, your whole life story is. like, "Oh, this is my nemesis." It's. almost like a thing, you know? And now. even going back or deescalating the.

situation, it feels like you're losing. It's like telling the other party, "Okay, you're right. Maybe I'm wrong.". It's kind of like an ego thing more than. anything. Now, the only problem is one. of the parties involved was willing to. kill to protect their ego. The week. before Christmas, there was a massive. boom echoing through the neighborhood. All the neighbors are like, "What was. that?" The neighbors who heard the loud. noise, they went silent. You know, their. eyes are wide. They're like straining.

their ears to see if maybe I can hear. some sort of scream or something. Some. of them even went to investigate and. they heard laughter. Okay. So, they're like, "I see what's. going on." They saw on Sonia's front. lawn her son Frank and a few other. family members were just having a good. time playing with a boa. I'm not. Filipino and I've never heard of a boga, but our Filipino researcher was. explaining it's kind of like a homemade. cannon. That sounds dangerous. That. sounds like a weapon. That sounds like a. bomb threat or something. No, it's not.

Okay, so technically they're illegal. Technically, they are, but they're. pretty common in the Philippines and. it's very similar to like a homemade. firework, but not as scary. Okay, let me. try to explain it because I feel like. I'm explaining it and it sounds very. serious. You take a bamboo stick or a. tin can, very long one. Anything that. has like a long barrel shape, you take. it, it's it's open on both sides. These. are not instructions, by the way. I'm. not giving you DIY guides right now, but. many people will put a plastic water.

bottle or something on the other end. They'll spray some alcohol inside or. some paint thinner. The point is to blow. open the water bottle's plastic cap and. create like this boom noise. So once you spray in the alcohol or the. paint thinner, you I think you light a. small fire near and then it lets out a. big boom, right? So, this is why it's illegal. It's not. illegal because people were using it as. weapons. The most people would have it.

at home and they would use it as like a. pastime. They would have fun with it. It's it's almost like how people do. fireworks at home. Technically, there's. a million ways you could kill yourself. with a homemade firework or an at home. firework show. So, that's why they banned it. They're. like, "No, we cannot have this anymore.". But the end result is not to hurt. anyone. It is not a weapon. It's not. pointed at people. It's pointed up into. the sky. And ultimately, all you're. trying to get out of this, and this is. kind of important, is you're trying to.

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So, neighbors, they stick their little. heads out. Okay, Sonia's, they're all. adults at this point. They're playing. with the boa. Whatever. Not my not a big. deal. And Frank is a responsible guy. Like he's known in the neighborhood as. being this very very put together son. He's 25. He's got a wife and a newborn, but they live a few hours away. The only. reason that he's even staying at his. mom's house was because there was more. work in this town. So he would come here. during the work weeks, work his ass off.

I mean, this man was known to never turn. down a job. He did construction. He did. honestly anything that made any sort of. money. And at the end of the week, he. would drive home for one or two days. max. Just practically drop any and all. money that he made, all the cash he. earned, and drive all the way back to. start the new work week. It was kind of. bittersweet for Frank. I mean, on one. hand, he had to be away from his child, and then on the other hand, this is the. only way that his wife could stay at. home and not work and just be with the.

kid. So, he never complained. He was not. one of those people that felt like I'm. doing a sacrifice for my family. He was. really well loved. So that particular. night, it's Sunday and Frank is getting. ready for this very long work week ahead. of him. It's 5 days of just breaking his. back in the brutal sun. I know I said a. week before Christmas, but it's the. Philippines. It's still going to be very. hot. He and his family decide, let's. just let loose, you know, and I mean.

that very lightly. They decide this is. their version of Let Loose. They're. going to bring plastic chairs to the. front lawn, sit under the shade of a big. tree out front, pop open a few beers. It's not even a ton of friends. It's. like cousins came over. They're just. going to goof around. And it was at this. moment one of the cousins asked Frank, "Hey, you got a boga?" Frank's like, "Actually, I got multiple bogas." So, he. brings out a few and they start having. this competition of who can make the. loudest bang. And Frank was up first. He.

loads up the boa, shakes it up, points. it towards this guy, presses the button, like releases it. Nothing happens. And. his cousins are all cracking up like, "This guy thinks he's tough. This guy. thinks he moves bricks." And look at. him. He can't even work a boga. And it. was all in good fun. So Frank is like, "Okay, I got to do it again." He shakes. it up, shoots it up, and bang. And now this is not like midnight. The. sun is still out. And fine. Yeah, I'm. sure as a neighbor I it's not the most. pleasant noise, but I will say my.

tolerance for random loud noises in the. neighborhood is the highest during. weekends during the day. It's like. everyone's just letting off some steam. before the work week. It's not like any. kids are sleeping. Nobody's, you know, sitting there doing their homework all. afternoon. But when Janelle heard that. very first bang of the boa, he's at home. with his wife and younger daughter, Ellie. She's about 13. He freezes. and he feels he feels like it's.

personal. It's a deeprooted anger that. is seething out of his bones. He knew it. was a boa. He doesn't think it's a gun. He doesn't think it's anything like. that. He knew it was a boa. He knew it. was Frank, Sonia's 25-year-old son. But. he felt like it was a message for him. They're telling him, "Oh, yeah. We're. going to be loud. and what are you going. to do about it? They wanted him to hear it and they. wanted him to try and do something about.

it. And if he didn't, they were just. going to completely disrespect him. So. Janelle marches out of his house. He. slams open the front door so hard it. like bounces back towards him. And he. stomps as loud as he can. And with each. step, he's like building this rage. He's. hyping himself up. You know, how dare. they? And he spots Frank, snatches the. boa right out of his hands. And Frank's. like, "What the hell are you doing? What are you doing? Don't you know this. is illegal? I'm confiscating this. Frank. tries to deescalate the situation. initially. Janelle, there's no need to.

be this angry. Please stop being so. aggressive. We were just trying to have. fun, but if you don't like the noise, I. can stop. Janelle looks around at. Frank's family and friends, and they're. all staring at him like he's some sort. of crazy powertripping guy. And. ultimately, that was humiliating. It's. insulting. And what does a wounded ego do? A. humiliated ego strikes back. Janelle leans back and punches Frank.

square in the face. What? And Janelle is a pretty big dude. I. would say he might be pushing 200 lb. Frank is pretty small. Now, you know how in the MMA fights, the. fighters have these very intense staring. matches? Their faces are inches apart. from each other. They're staring into. each other's eyes. I thought it was. goofy. I thought it was all for like. photo ops and the press conference and. to get more views, but there is. psychology there. A lot of the MMA. fighters said, you know, I too thought.

it was goofy, but you actually learn a. lot about your opponent just by staring. into their eyes. It's an opportunity to. see if are they really confident. Is. there even a moment where the stareown. they waver? Mhm. or maybe a slight second where you. can almost see like doubt or fear flash. before their eyes. When you're only. focused on their eyes, you can see it. You can see a person's soul. That's what. they said. The first person to look away. is the automatic de facto loser, the.

submissive one. And that's what it felt. like on this front lawn. It was like an. MMA staredown. Janelle punched Frank in. the face. And now they're almost scary, still staring into each other's eyes, daring each other to do something. Janelle and Frank. Yeah. Frank's cousins are jumping up, trying to create distance between. Janelle and Frank before it escalates. even further. Neighbors are rushing out. hearing the commotion because, you know, when Janelle punched Frank, people are. screaming. There's a whole there's chaos.

and not a single person because if you. watch the video, it looks like. something's going to happen. It doesn't. look to me like this situation is going. to naturally deescalate on its own. But not a single person in the crowd, not a single cousin or neighbor, nobody. called the cops. Nobody even said, "Someone call the cops. Someone call the. police." Because Janelle. was the police. Janelle is a police officer.

He's a cop. Oh my god. He also had his police gun and handcuffs. on him. and he was going to make use of. his power to make Sonia's son, Frank, submit to him. You are under arrest, Frank. Frank stood his ground. Well, that's why Frank didn't strike. back. No. Oh my gosh. Frank stood his ground. This is all. unfair. You know, Frank is a little. tipsy. Fine, that's not illegal. Okay, he's on his own private property. He's.

not out there drinking. He was of. drinking age. And sure, using the boa. was illegal, but it's a few loud bangs. Nothing, absolutely nothing, warranted. an arrest. Even if someone had called. the cops on Frank for using a boa, they. would have confiscated the bogas and. given him a firm warning. That would be. that. But Janelle is now physically. grabbing Frank to throw him onto the. ground, handcuff him, drag him to the. patrol car, and arrest him. He's like, "I'm going to bring you into the police. station.". All of Frank's family, including Sonia,

his 45-year-old, 50-year-old mother, jumps in trying to diffuse the. situation. And Frank is shouting, "You. think just because you're a police. officer, you can do this?" I think Frank. was just fed up at this point. You know, he had seen his mom go through all of. these struggles with Janelle, and this. is the last straw. You can't just keep. doing this, dude. Yeah. One of Frank's cousins even put. his hand on Frank's mouth to try and. focus on diffusing the situation. Frank's family genuinely is just in this.

mode of diffuse, diffuse, diffuse, diffuse. Doesn't matter. Diffuse, diffuse, diffuse. Mhm. Janelle, calm down. Please just let. Frank go. Like, we can talk about this. rationally. There's no need to involve. the police. We'll never use the boa. again. Janelle looked around and he only. started pulling Frank harder. And I. wonder if there's some psychology to. this because as people are pleading with. him, it's almost now it's kind of. fueling his ego. Look, I have the power and I can do. whatever I want. Even when people are. begging with me, I'm not weak. I can. still do what I want.

Sonia literally throws herself on. Frank's body to shield him from Janelle. And she's screaming, "What are you. doing? Just stop it. Get your hands off. my son." This was the point of no going. back. Not because of Sonia's words, but. Janelle was now too far into his power. trip. If he let go now, he would be. submitting. He would be putting on a. show for these people. He would have. been bluffing. And just one glance, he could see all. the neighbors had come out and they're. all watching. This would be public.

humiliation, which for some men is the. scariest thing of their lives. not. murder or being essayed, but rather. being publicly humiliated, which don't. get me wrong, no one wants to be. publicly humiliated, right? I'm sure. it's very traumatic, but to him, he'd. rather die. Janelle is digging his feet in the sand, figuratively, right? And he keeps. pulling on Frank. Frank's sister, Tasha, rushes in and latches onto Frank. Janelle physically shoves her off to the.

point where she falls onto the ground. She's dizzy. And when she looks up, all. the neighbors have gathered, creating. almost this human circle around them, but they're all scared. They don't know. what to do. I mean, what do we do? Call the police? Janelle is the police. Like, what do we. do? Tasha looks at them and screams, "Take out your phones and start. recording him. Record him.". Janelle hears that and stares directly. into Tasha's soul. He was pissed.

Tasha's like, "I'm not going to flinch.". She challenged him. She squared up her. shoulder, stared right back into his. eyes, and says, "You don't have any. right to arrest my brother.". "What are you talking about?" "Yeah, I. do. Of course, I do." Janelle truly. believed because he was a police. officer, he could arrest anyone at any. time for any reason. Frank starts cursing at Janelle. Janelle. is clearly abusing his power and it. someone needed to voice that. This.

family had lived in the shadow of. Janelle's anger and power trip for long. enough. Janelle's wife and daughter. eventually made their way out, which I. genuinely thought, okay, this is the. moment Janelle has, even if he doesn't. care for his family, which I feel like. he doesn't because of his actions. But even if he doesn't care for his. family, this is an out for his ego. This. is a way for him to be like, you know. what, I'm a better father than I am an. egotistical person. And that would again. make him feel superior. Yeah. So, this is an easy way for Janelle to.

say, "You know what? I'm going to calm. down. I'm going to walk away with my. 13-year-old daughter. You're lucky my. daughter came out.". Mhm. But he doesn't. Not at all. Ellie, that. little girl, pulls out her phone and. holds it in front of herself like a. shield, and she's recording. She starts. getting closer and closer to Frank and. Sonia, and Frank notices. He asks almost. in this kind of shocked like oopsa. ridiculous way. Your dad's the one who's. in the wrong here, but you're filming.

me. Unbelievable. The little girl ignores him and starts. yelling at Sonia, the mom, someone who. is 40 plus years her senior. Starts. screaming at her, "Shut it. Shut it. Just let it go." Ellie is 13. She's old. enough to know what's going on, but I. don't think that she was able to. understand the implications of what's. about to happen next. She does get a lot of hate for her role. in all of this, but it's important again. to remember this is a 13-year-old girl. who is watching her dad get into a. fight. She's probably scared. She.

probably thinks being aggressive to save. her father is the right thing to do. And. since her father was a policeman, and he. seems like the type to brainwash. everyone that like, I'm the authority, I'm the law, I'm the person that. enforces the law, and everyone against. me is a criminal. It could be very likely that she thought. whoever was fighting her dad was. automatically the bad guy, but I will say it's not a good look. Ellie starts pulling Sonia's hair and.

slapping her hands, trying to get Sonia. to let go of Frank so that her dad can. take Frank to the police station. Sonia tries to very briefly reason with. this little girl because just imagine. how chaotic it is. And she says, "You. should be telling that to your dad, not. us. This is our property. This is my. house. Janelle does briefly try to push Ellie. back towards her mom, but she doesn't. move. She stands her ground and proudly. says, "My father is a policeman.".

MY FATHER IS A POLICEMAN. Sonia looks at this little girl. There. is not enough time in the world, especially not right now, to tell her. that this policeman, your daddy, is not. a good one. He's abusing his power. We. did nothing wrong. You can't grow up. just blindly following a uniform because. some of them are very corrupt. How do. you tell a 13-year-old girl that your. dad is corrupt and is the evil one right. now? But what do you do? Ignore her? I.

mean, what do you do? So, Sonia just. sighed and tried to lessen the tension. I believe she tried to lessen the. tension because Sonia's whole emmo this. whole time has been diffusing the. situation. She hasn't been provoking. anyone. She hasn't been yelling curse. words. She's been trying to just get her. son out of this situation as safely as. possible. She says in response to, "My father is a. policeman.". She sings to anyone's, "I don't care.". But Janelle, he heard that tune. He.

turned and maybe he saw something we. didn't. I don't think it matters what he. saw, if there was even anything to see, but maybe he saw his ego flash right. before his eyes. Maybe he saw his. daughter look at him like, "What now, Dad?" Or maybe he just saw Red. I don't. know. But he looks at Sonia and screams, "You son of a [ __ ] Do you want me to. end your life right here and now?". before anyone can respond. He reaches. into his pocket, pulls out his gun, and.

fires. Sonia loses her balance, but. she's still holding on to Frank. And. before the first shot is even finished. ringing in Frank's ears, Janelle pulls. the trigger again and this time it hits. Frank square in the chest. Both Frank and his mom topple over and. they're almost laying lifeless. instantly. Just laying on their front. lawn, not moving. But Janelle wasn't. done. In front of his wife and his.

daughter, in a situation that even when. they were alive, there was no danger to. Janelle's life, Janelle takes a step. forward and shoots Sonia's body again. Oh my god. And so up until this point in the video, it's, you know, it's eerie because you. hear chaos, you hear people trying to. diffuse, you hear neighbors, and. everything just goes silent. just silent. The neighbors, passerbys,

they're like frozen in shock. Frank's family, they don't even move. They're they're still trying to process. what just happened. Their brain hadn't. caught up with their eyes. All they. could see was Sonia and Frank laying on. the ground, but there's no way they're dead, right? They must be scared. Yes. And. nobody's running away right now. There's like an eerie silence and then. the spell breaks. Everybody starts. making a run for it. Janelle is no. longer human. He's the devil. He's no. longer reasonable. He's a killer. He's.

no longer a cop. He is a murderer. Who's. to say that he's not just going to turn. around and take out the whole. neighborhood in this power struggle? So, most of the neighbors are running away, but a few run against the crowd and run. towards Sonia and Frank. The families. Yeah. To check on them. They try and. stop the bleeding while they called for. help, but it was too late. Both Sonia. and Frank were dead. The rest of Sonia's. family had just witnessed their family.

members getting brutally killed in front. of them just days before Christmas. And once they realized that their loved. ones could not be safe, they turn around. to face Janelle, but he's gone. He used the chaos to escape, but you can't escape the internet. The. neighbors who were recording started. posting the videos online. There are. several videos of the incident. So, there is no doubt that Janelle killed. Frank and Sonia. That's not even really. debatable. The videos would go.

absolutely viral in the Philippines just. because of how graphic. just the severity of the situation. Janelle started feeling the pressure of. being one of the most hated men in the. Philippines, being the probably the top. fugitive at the time in the Philippines. He ran off right after the shooting, tries to run to his hometown, but. ultimately ends up turning himself in. It's actually speculated that this guy. thought if he turned himself in, the. police would go easy on him because he's. one of their own. Side note, sources.

also state that Janelle's brother worked. as an officer in his hometown. So, he. specifically turned himself in there in. hopes of getting some sort of special. treatment, which didn't work. He was. taken into custody and Tarlac, the city. where the crime happened, Tarlac. officers came to get him. They tested. his hands for gunpowder residue, which. obviously tested positive, he was. arrested. Now, when someone is arrested, it is pretty standard to do a background. check on them. And not only was Janelle. the world's worst cop, but he was a.

criminal. When this came out to the. public, nizens were confused, furious, all of the above. Even before this. crime, Janelle had an extensive criminal. history, which I don't even know how. he's still a police officer at this. point, but he was charged with homicide. just a year prior in 2019. As a cop? As a cop. Sonia and Frank were murdered in 2020. He was charged with homicide in 2019, but for the 2019 case, there wasn't. enough evidence, so the case was just.

dismissed. 7 months later, again, this. is before Sonia and Frank's case, he was. charged again with homicide, but this. time the case was also dismissed. There's not a ton of detail on exactly. what happened both times, but we do know. that he was charged with murder on two. separate occasions before Frank and. Sonia's murder. All the charges were. dismissed because there wasn't enough. evidence. That doesn't necessarily mean. that there was no evidence or that it. didn't happen. Just not enough evidence. made it to the right people's hands.

Just not enough people who recorded it. Exactly. Outside of Janelle's criminal record, he. doesn't even have the best track record. at work either. In 2014, he was briefly. suspended for an entire month from the. force because he refused to take a. mandatory drug test, which you know, the. only reason you refuse to take a drug. test typically is because you did drugs. Like, I truly have no idea how this man. was still a police officer in 2020. Janelle clearly knew the video was.

posted. He knew almost everyone in the. Philippines knew about what he did, but. he still pled not guilty. There was so much pressure on the. government, the entire judicial process. was sped up because of it. The court. found him guilty of two counts of. murder, meaning he would spend anywhere. between 20 to 40 years in prison, which. honestly is not that long for what he. did, but he will end up dead. So, we'll get to it. Now, I will say the.

next target for a lot of netizens was. Ellie. people ripped apart Ellie for the. video that you know she's saying my. father's a policeman I think her. attitude her demeanor throughout the. video is can come off a bit entitled. spoiled maybe bratty my dad's a cop so. you can't touch me and a lot of nizens. believe that this comment is what caused. the murders had she not said that maybe. Sonia and Frank would not be dead so she. was ripped apart online now if I had to.

play devil's advocate right I feel like. Ellie said this Because in her mind, her. dad is a policeman and policemen always. follow the laws. She's 13. She probably. doesn't know that policemen can be. corrupt. If he's doing this, she probably thinks. there is a good reason that she's doing. this. These people are probably. criminals. And she doesn't understand. why Sonia isn't letting her dad do his. job. And maybe even her demeanor could. be explained by, you know, when you're. 13, you're scared. You try to act extra. aggressive. you're like putting up this.

front. Also, I kind of feel bad in the sense. that let's say she was under the. impression that her dad was a good. police officer. If you see your dad kill. two people, clearly not in self-defense, I think that would just shatter your. whole reality. I think your whole father. figure would be destroyed. You would. question a lot of your previous life. moments, life lessons. I don't know. I. would like to hope that she didn't.

realize that her dad was in the wrong. and that she was just doing what she. thought in her 13-year-old mind was. appropriate at the time. I will say that. smacking and yanking hair is never. appropriate because Sonia was not even. touching her dad. Yeah, Sonia was not. touching Janelle. So, I don't know. Maybe she has lived the past. 2 years with a lot of guilt. Maybe she. hasn't. But I do hope for the sake of I. don't know I guess her own future and. how she deals with relationships with.

authority. I hope she learns that her. dad was wrong and that's just not how it. works. Now another thing about Ellie before we. move on. After the incident, a lot of. Facebook pages started popping up using. Ellie's pictures and names. And these. pages started posting some really crazy. stuff. They were basically saying, "I. said what I said and I meant what I. said." Pretending to be Ellie. Wow. And I think that's why a lot of the. Philippines really hated Ellie, not just. for the video, because I think if they. just see the video, they can kind of try.

to somewhat reason with Ellie since she. is 13. But these Facebook pages, so many. of them came up. So many of them seem so. realistic that people didn't even know. How do we know it's not hers? I don't believe any of them were. actually Ellie's accounts. But it did. further add to all the hate that Ellie. got. People started commenting some. really vicious things like they deserve. the death penalty. Even the daughter, she's got no manners. The daughter of. the police looks [ __ ] and arrogant. She even looked at the mother and son in.

a very disrespectful manner. How could. they even face their neighbors after. what they've done? You should have. stopped your dad and asked him to bring. you home, but instead you fueled the. fire even more. Your father is a. criminal and you're a spoiled little. brat who knows how to speak English but. doesn't know manners. Someone even. wrote, "Honestly, you're the reason why. your dad's rotting in jail. For God's. sake, why did you have to get yourself. involved in an altercation amongst. adults?". Yeah, it was brutal. The situation got. so bad that Ellie had to go to therapy.

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was not getting it. Her brain was like, "Everyone is just losing their minds. Everyone's lying. It's a joke or there's. a glitch in the universe and he's going. to be back. He's going to be back home. this weekend." And it almost took her to. traumatize herself to watch that video. to finally be like, "Okay, he's gone. He's not coming home." While. the family were busy with the funeral, supporters were marching down the. streets shouting for justice for Frank. and Sonia. They grabbed megaphones. They. demanded police reform, systematic.

changes. There was a little war going on in the. Philippines at the time of Sonia and. Frank's death. A war between the police. and the citizens. So, it's not like. Frank and Sonia's was even a one-off. case. Oh, like the police. Okay. And I'm going to tell you what's going. on. So being an American, we are all way. too familiar with police brutality. So. obviously this is not just an issue. that's in the Philippines. It's a global. problem, it seems. But there are some. unique circumstances to this case in the.

Philippines. In 2016, President Rodrigo. Duterte, he was like, I'm going to crack. down on illegal. That is my whole. campaign. Back then, illegal abuse was. really prevalent in the Philippines. Numbers are not that easy to come by, you know, for obvious reasons. But the. US Congress did an international. narcotics report in 2010 and they. estimated that the illegal drug trade. was bringing in between 6 to8 billion in. the Philippines per year. Addiction had practically touched every.

major city. I mean, everyone knew what. was going on. So, when Rodrigo ran for. president, he promised to change. everything. I'm just going to tell you. some of the quotes that he's the most. famous for because I think that's the. best way to get his get his campaign. I. will repeat what I have said before. If. you destroy my country and you destroy. the young people by feeding them with, you destroy the future. If you destroy. the country, I will kill you. I'll dump. all of you into Manila Bay and fatten. the fish up. Just so we're all clear and.

the context is given, he's saying that. he will kill all drug dealers and dump. them into the bay. He also somehow tried. to reference Hitler multiple times in. his campaigns in his uh war on drugs. campaign which is he was quite literally. promising to kill Filipino drug addicts. Just something to remember. Addicts are. not dirty criminals who sprout out of. the ground to just wreak havoc and. destroy communities. I mean these are. brothers, mothers, students, neighbors. I shouldn't have to say this, but drug.

addicts are people. They're not the problem. They have an. addiction and that addiction is an. issue, but the people themselves are not. the problem and you can't just get rid. of them. So, I don't understand why he. thought that threatening to kill his own. countrymen would win him the presidency. But the crazy thing is it did win him. the presidency. He did win the. presidential election. And he didn't. even stop there either. He kept going on. about how much he hates drug users. And.

like trust me, I'm not like I'm not. sitting here, guys do drugs. But what's. going on here? He would even say things. like, "Do the lives of these criminals. really matter? If I am the one facing. all the grief, would a 100 lives of. these idiots mean anything to me?". Rodrigo said that he would even kill his. own children if they turned into drug. users. Jeez. Side note, um just to give you an idea. of this man, there was another time in. his presidency where the Philippines and. China were fighting about who would. control the South China Sea. Rodrigo's.

advisers told him, "Hey, you know what? If you're going to go up against China, it would be politically. politically astute of you to become. friendlier with the US because you don't. want to go up against China alone, right? It's not your war." He was. supposed to meet with Obama to talk. about it, but right before meeting up. with Obama, Rodrigo publicly called. Obama, and I quote, "A son of a whore.". Publicly. What? Yeah. For what reason? So, the the reporters were like, "Uh, what if Obama asks you about your human.

rights violations because even the UN is. looking into you cuz, you know, you're. killing a bunch of people just because. you see them do a little bit of drug.". So, what are you going to say to that? And he's like, I'm going to say you're a. son of a. Obama heard it. He cancelled the meeting. altogether, stating that he would rather. quote engage in constructive, productive. conversations. Also, the Pope visited the Philippines. He also called the Pope the son of a.

[ __ ]. because he was causing a traffic jam. Is he just like says whatever on his. mind? No filter. I guess maybe that was his appeal. Maybe. I don't know. But I I would say. definitely calling the pope a son of a. [ __ ] is um like crossing so many I'm. not even religious but it feels like. we're crossing a lot of boundaries and. it's a lot that's very very a lot right. now. The reason that people were upset. and marching down the streets was.

because Rodrigo's attempt to end drug. usage he basically told the police force. of the Philippines to go at it have at. it. Have a good time. Play Call of Duty. on the streets. It's basically Valerant, free-for-all, the purge. He said, "You. see drugs, shoot, shoot and kill on. site. A little baggie of weed, shoot and. kill on site.". No freaking way. And ever since then, the number of. drugreated police killings skyrocketed. The estimated death toll of drugrelated.

police violence during Rodrigo's. presidency is over 6,000 people. But then what happens? What happens when. you give people that level of power? It's no longer about drugs anymore. Police police police officers got way. too comfortable. It seemed like they. just started killing whenever they felt. like it and then planting a little. baggie of drugs. Wow. And nothing would be investigated, nothing would be looked into, nothing. would be inappropriate. Those were their. orders. Shoot to kill.

There they were caught multiple times. So, there was one big case where three. officers killed a young man, stating. that he pulled a gun out on them and he. had a baggie of drugs in his pocket. That turned out to be false. There was a. tiny little camera in an alleyway that. saw them drag him into the alleyway, shoot him dead, and then plant the. stuff. They were just killing in cold blood. Yeah, not that drugs are a good reason. to kill someone, but you get what I'm. saying. So, a lot of people argued this.

is giving powertripping, egotistical, evil people like Janelle the go-ahad, to. feel like they ruled the streets, to. feel like there's some sort of god above. all. So, yeah, people had enough. In another angry turn of events, there. were rumors that Janelle had benefits. while in prison. They said that his. status as a former officer didn't. actually put a target on his back like a. lot of people were hoping. It actually. made his life easier. People alleged. that he was given a phone with full. internet access. He got haircuts in.

jail, received outside food, and even. got a special cell, which I'm assuming. is better than a normal cell. They. stated that he was living with respect. and dignity while he ruined an entire. family. Netzens were rightfully upset. about that. The Bureau of Jail. Management had to come out and say, "That's not what we're doing." And for. like a whole year, it was kind of an. argument until November 30th, 2021. Janelle's cellmates were carrying an. unconscious body into the jail hospital.

H. Janelle was already dead when he was. carried in. The cellmate stated, "Well, Janelle was complaining about being. dizzy and being out of breath the whole. day. While we were all walking back to. our cell together, he collapsed and lost. consciousness. We don't know what. happened.". Initial reports state that Janelle died. of a heart attack. But there are rumors. The main one being netizens believe that. Janelle was killed by other jail mates. because he was being favored and it was. kind of pissing them off. And since he. was killed for that, the Bureau of Jail. Management would have to cover it up and.

just state that he died of a heart. attack because then it'd be like now we. have to explain why the jail mates or. the cellmates were jealous of him. Yeah. Some There was even a brief conspiracy. that Janelle wasn't actually dead. that. there were just photos of him taken as. he was dead, you know, and he had. escaped prison with the help of all of. his other police officer friends and he. was probably living off the grid or. living in a different country. Now, I. don't know about this one. Normally, I. don't like to entertain like, oh, they're not actually dead conspiracies.

cuz I feel like it could be detrimental. But I will say this one um. I mean I don't put it past these people, right? But it does seem that he is dead. The only reason I bring it up is Sonia. and Frank's family briefly brought up. that idea that they didn't think that he. was genuinely dead. Ultimately, it does. seem that the body in the morg is. Janelle's. Sonia's children have stated. it's just really hard. Like everything's. really hard. Sonia was just she was a.

mom. I know that sounds so cliche. because yes, so many people are moms, but she was a mom in the way that you. think of like a textbook mom. you would. come home from work, doesn't matter if. you're her kid that's 26, doesn't matter. if you're her grandson that's five, she. would have this plate of hot steaming. food waiting for you and she would sit. there at the dinner table. Doesn't. matter what time, she already ate. dinner. She's just watching you eat. How's your day? Like, tell me. everything.

All of Sonia's neighbors mourned her. death. They said this woman loved. feeding people. They said they're not a. rich family. They're not doing well. Sometimes you could tell that Sonia. didn't even have enough to eat. But if. you ever walked by that house even. looking a little hungry, if you stopped. by to drop off something and your. stomach grumbled even a little bit, she. would force you to sit down and she. would make you feel stuffed. Even when she was hungry,

everyone in the neighborhood called her. Mama Sonia. But even through all the pain that this. family has gone through, they came out. to say they forgave Janelle. They said, "We hope this serves as a. lesson." You know, that helps him. realize that being a police does not. equate to superiority. No one is above. the law. We forgiven him. That doesn't. mean that the pain isn't there. The pain. is still there. We lost a mother. We. lost a brother just like that. For him,

he's still alive. Well, he was. and he. gets to see his family during. visitations. But we don't. For us, we. lost everything. But we've forgiven him. We've forgiven him because there is. justice and he will pay for it and he. will pay for it in the eyes of the Lord. So we are choosing to let go of that. anger. But of course, we still condemn. any and all actions even remotely close. to this. So, that is the story of the Tarlac.

shootings in the Philippines. What are. your thoughts? I I think just the song. it's all of it is just a mixture of. makes me feel so. I don't know. It's like heavy. Please leave it in the comments and. please be safe. I will see you guys on. Sunday for the minis episode. Bye.