U.S. car salesman sentenced to life

U.S. car salesman sentenced to life

MANILA (AFP): An American businessman was sentenced to life
imprisonment by a Manila court yesterday for the 1993 murder and
mutilation of his Filipina girlfriend.

Mark Stephen Whisenhunt, a car salesman from San Fransisco,
California, was found "guilty beyond reasonable doubt" of
murdering and mutilating Elsa Castillo on Sept. 23, 1993, inside
his apartment in suburban Manila.

The prosecution built its case around the testimony of
Whisenhunt's chauffeur, Demetrio Ravelo, who told the court he
was ordered by his boss to load the torso and limbs of the
mutilated corpse into his car trunk and to dump them near Santa
Rosa town, south of Manila.

The government dropped charges of accessory to murder against
Ravelo in exchange for his testimony.