MEDICAL experts debunked the claim by a member of the Aegis Juris Fraternity that the death of a neophyte during its initiation rites was caused by a pre-existing heart condition, which the victim allegedly had.

At the resumption of the Senate investigation into the death of Horacio Castillo 3rd, Joseph Palmero, medico legal division chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) crime laboratory, told senators that the victim died of severe traumatic injuries.

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