Inquirer.net recalled the incident very vividly. An excerpt of the story reads:
Bloody night
Teehankee ended up a convicted murderer for the 1991 death of 16-year-old Maureen Hultman. He was also convicted of the shooting death of Hultman’s companion, Roland John Chapman, 21, and the almost fatal shooting of another companion, Jussi Olavi Leino, 24.
The triple shooting occurred in the early morning of July 13, 1991, in Dasmariñas Village in Makati City, where the Hultmans lived.
Court records showed Hultman was returning home from a party with her two companions when Teehankee confronted them on Campanilla Street.
When Chapman asked Teehankee why he was bothering them, the latter pushed him, drew out his gun, and shot Chapman in cold blood, according to the records.
“Why did you shoot me?” the staggering Chapman said before crumpling to the ground.
Then, according to the records, Teehankee ordered the now hysterical Hultman and Leino to sit together on the sidewalk. “While seated, unarmed and begging for mercy, the two were gunned down by [Teehankee].”
Teehankee drove away in a car after the shooting.
Leino was one of three witnesses who later identified Teehankee as the gunman.
For the full story see link.And as we recall back that gruesome, devilish incident, the anger is revived. The fist is clenched again. The wound is rubbed with gritty salt again. The anguish is back.
I have never known Maureen on a personal level. But her story captured my heart. No newspaper or TV news program did not carry her ordeal and heart-rending struggle for life. Practically the media followed it through until its conclusion when finally Teehankee, Jr. was sentenced to reclusion perpetua for Maureen and two reclusion temporal for both Chapman and Jussi Olavi Leino (the survivor). Aside from this, he was ordered by the court to pay damages amounting to about P15 million.
The government said his release was studied very carefully after he had shown "good behavior" and claimed that the Hultmans had been informed about his possible release. Contrary to what the government claims, the Hultmans cried foul and were seemingly stabbed afresh by the controversial release. The dead-of-the-night freedom granted on Teehankee Jr. once again ignited some groups to raise their fists in anger and dismay.
I, for one, went back into my old write-ups about Maureen. And as I read them again, the anger and disgust quickly caused red flushes on my face. If I felt that way, how much more to Anders and Vivian, the parents of Maureen? How much more to those who fought hard against all odds knowing that they were fighting against one of the most powerful names in the country way back then, and until now.
Good behavior. Say it again. "Good behavior." Perhaps a new definition in the dictionary about 'good behavior' should be entered. Good behavior - the ability of not serving to completion a combined reclusion perpetua and two reclusion temporal for double murder and frustrated murder because of deeds favorable on the eyes of the government; also known as teehankeenism.
Maureen, wherever you are, know that you are loved so much. And I am one of those who love you.
