MANILA, Philippines—The chief of the police Crime Laboratory on Friday lashed back at a forensic expert who claimed the body found in a steel drum fished out of the waters off Navotas was not that of Ruby Rose Barrameda-Jimenez.

“We did our best,” Chief Superintendent Arturo Cacdac on Friday said, adding in the end it would be up to the courts and the Department of Justice whom to believe.

The camp of Manuel Jimenez II, citing Dr. Raquel Fortun’s findings, has claimed that the body recovered by police was not of Ruby Rose.

Lawyer Mario Aguinaldo, Jimenez’s legal counsel, said that based on forensic evidence their camp had gathered, the body recovered by police last month had a set of teeth that failed to match Ruby Rose’s dental records.

Ruby Rose’s 1996 records showed she had a missing first molar, Aguinaldo said, adding the body that was found had a first molar but had a missing third molar.

Cacdac refused to challenge Jimenez’s claims.

“We are supporting the findings of our forensic experts and we welcome the comments made by other experts because this is a democracy and everybody is free to express their opinion on certain issues,” he said.

Cacdac stressed the investigation was impartial. “We have never favored anybody. In fact we are not favoring this group versus that group.”

He said his men were willing to surrender their medical licenses should the court find they were wrong in their DNA analysis.

“But for those who claim our findings are wrong, are they ready to surrender their licenses if the findings of our experts will be proven correct?” he asked.