Who Really Killed Navy Ensign Philip Pestaño?
by PDI
A forensic expert who investigated the death of Navy Ensign Philip Pestaño aboard a Navy ship in 1995 said that the officer’s family had “twisted the facts to suit their conclusion” that Pestaño had been murdered.
Forensic pathologist Dr. Raquel del Rosario-Fortun said she stood by her findings in 1995 after she was hired by the Pestaños to review the official findings—that Pestaño had shot himself inside his cabin aboard the BRP Bacolod City on Sept. 27, 1995.
The Pestaños had disputed Fortun’s claim.