With the Death of Her Rapists, Maggie Found Justice
A young and rising television star from the 1960s drew the twisted attention of four beastly men.
Jaime Jose: “Maggie, Maggie, Please… I was not one of them. Tell them the truth.”
Maggie de la Riva: “YOU! You, you were one of the boys who pulled my legs and raped me!”
Jaime’s face turned pale with fear. All he could do was face the room’s walls and cry out in regret. Maggie de la Riva, a young local Filipina celebrity from the 1960s, sought the ultimate penalty of law — death.
On June 26, 1967, Maggie was on her way home from a late recording at the studio. With her assistant at the passenger’s seat, her trip home was mostly quiet. Very few cars were on the road at 4:30 in the morning. But a sudden screech of an approaching vehicle’s horn broke the silence.
Maggie accelerated to avoid the collision but ended up bumping into a post. She rolled down her window and shouted at the driver of the vehicle flashing blinding headlights on her face. Suddenly, a dark figure reached in and grabbed Maggie’s left arm, and forcefully dragged her towards the said car. Maggie’s assistant tried to wrestle her free but was pushed away by the abductor.
