LIGAO CITY—After five years in hiding, police arrested Tuesday the person most wanted for rape charges in Iriga City in Camarines Sur province.
“With careful planning and well-executed manhunt operation, we were able to arrest Reny Boy Gulpe through a warrant issued by the court,” Lt. Col. Carl Joseph Jaucian, officer-in-charge of the Iriga City police, told The Inquirer in a phone interview.
Jaucian said they traced the suspect hiding in a shanty at Zone 3, Antipolo village, a mountainous area about 33 kilometers from the city center. He was arrested at 3:50 a.m.
He said Gulpe was one of the five men suspected of raping a 19-year-old girl during a fiesta celebration in Barangay Antipolo on May 1, 2016.
“We consider the case partially closed, but profiling is being done on the other four suspects, and [we] will not stop until they are put behind bars,” he said.