Marciano CONTATOE

Classification: Spree killer
Characteristics: Philippine marine - Drunken shooting rampage
Number of victims: 9
Date of murders: May 22, 1988
Date of arrest: 3 days after
Date of birth: 1956
Victims profile: Five of his companions and four neighbors
Method of murder: Shooting
Location: Manila, Philippines
Status: Sentenced to 300 years in prison on March 20, 1989

Was drinking with neighbors, most of them soldiers, when an argument broke out. Contaoe, armed with a .45-caliber pistol, killed five of his companions and wounded another. After the shooting, Contaoe went home, fetched an M-16 rifle and barged into a neighbor's house, where he killed four more persons and wounded two children.

Philippine marine sought in shooting rampage

Lexington Herald-Leader

May 23, 1988

A drunken Philippine marine thought to be one of President Corazon C. Aquino's guards killed 11 people, including five members of a family, in a shooting rampage in a Manila suburb, police said yesterday.

Cpl. Egliastico Afanto said Sgt. Marciano Contaoe was being sought after the shooting rampage late Saturday in Tagig.

Aquino guard sought in weekend murder of 11

Philadelphia Daily News

May 23, 1988

President Corazon Aquino's security guard joined Manila police in a house- to-house search today for a sergeant in the elite unit accused of killing 11 people, including three children, in a drunken shooting spree.

Marine Sgt. Marciano Contaoe, who witnesses said was draped with ammunition belts and carrying an M-16 automatic rifle, disappeared after the Saturday night massacre.

Aquino aide gets 300 years in slayings

Beacon Journal

March 22, 1989

A member of President Corazon Aquino's security force was convicted Tuesday, of killing nine people and wounding three others in a drunken shooting spree, and he was sentenced to 300 years in prison.

Sgt. Marciano Contaoe received 30 years in prison for each of the nine murder counts and a 30-year jail term for the three injuries, said military prosecutor Maj. Victorio Pabanguil. dl

Philippine soldier convicted in 9 deaths

The Boston Globe

March 22, 1989

MANILA -- A member of President Corazon Aquino's security force was convicted yesterday of killing nine persons and wounding three others in a drunken shooting spree, and he was sentenced to 300 years in prison.

Sgt. Marciano Contaoe received 30 years in prison for each of the nine murder counts and a 30-year jail term for the three injuries, a military prosecutor said.

Contaoe was drinking with neighbors, most of them soldiers, on May 21 when an argument broke out. Contaoe, armed with a .45-caliber pistol, killed five of his companions and wounded another. After the shooting, Contaoe went home, fetched an M-16 rifle and barged into a neighbor's house, where he killed four more persons and wounded two children. Cantaoe was arrested three days later.

Soldier serving on Aquino's security force shoots 12 to death after drinking binge

May 23, 1988

A member of President Corazon C. Aquino's elite security force suddenly drew a pistol during a drinking binge and killed three companions, then continued on a shooting rampage that left a total of 12 people dead, police said yesterday.

Authorities were searching for marine Sgt. Marciano Contaoe, 32, who was assigned to Aquino's Presidential Security Group.

The president did not immediately comment on the incident and made no mention of it on her weekly radio call-in show, focusing instead on relations between the United States and the Philippines.

Contaoe began the deadly spree while drinking with friends Saturday night in suburban Taguig, unexpectedly drawing his .45-caliber pistol and shooting to death three friends who were drinking with him, said police investigator Ricardo Manalo.

He returned to his home, got his M-16 rifle and went to a neighbor's house, where he opened fire, killing eight people, including two children, Manalo said. As he left the house, Contaoe killed a man he met on the street, bringing the death toll from the rampage to 12.

"We have a dangerous person out there," Manalo said.

The Presidential Security Group is a select and independent unit of the armed forces that guards the presidential palace and escorts the president on out-of-town visits. Her personal bodyguards are drawn from its ranks.

The group's members have received special training from British and Israeli instructors.

Police Cpl. Lucas Esteban said, "He was blind drunk and started shooting at everybody. He probably did not realize what he was doing when he went to his neighbors' house and gunned them down."

Police said the sergeant and two fellow marines he shot were attached to the presidential guard but were not regular members.

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