The Caloocan police arrested on Monday the city鈥檚 most wanted man who was accused of raping and impregnating a 24-year-old woman with a learning disability.
Hernesto Nolasco, 48, was caught in Marilao, Bulacan after nearly three years in hiding since he allegedly raped 鈥淲endy鈥� three times in 2015, according to Chief Insp. Jonathan Olve帽a, Caloocan police warrant and intelligence section chief.
Wendy鈥檚 father told reporters that the victim had a learning disability, making her unable to care for her child.
Olve帽a said Nolasco became Caloocan City鈥檚 most wanted man because of the 鈥済ravity and seriousness鈥� of his crime in light of Wendy鈥檚 condition.
After the victim gave birth, her family had to turn her son over to the Department of Social Work and Development.
In May 2017, Judge Raymundo Vallega of the Caloocan Regional Trial Court Branch 130 issued an arrest warrant against Nolasco.
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In an interview, the accused owned up to the crime but insisted that he did not force himself on Wendy.
His arrest came after a former policeman, the city鈥檚 third most wanted, was finally apprehended in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte after 13 years in hiding.
Former PO2 Reynaldo de Castro, 53, fled to Butuan after killing his neighbors鈥攃ity hall employee Isidoro Centeno Jr., his wife Leticia and their son Servando鈥攐n Dec. 25, 2004.
Senior Supt. Jemar Modequillo, Caloocan police chief, said De Castro shot the victims after his brother, a pedicab driver, got into a fight with Servando over passengers.
According to De Castro, he was forced to fire his gun because the Centenos 鈥渕obbed鈥� him.