Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 25) — Authorities have arrested a suspect in the 2000 killing of publicist Bubby Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbito.
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The accused, former police officer William Reed, was nabbed in an operation on Jan. 22 in Bulacan, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said on Wednesday.
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According to the NCRPO, the suspect has a pending arrest warrant since 2001 in connection with the double murder case.
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No bail was recommended.
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Reed — who’s also part of the police’s most wanted list — is currently detained at a facility of the Regional Special Operations Group, the NCRPO added.
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Dacer was the publicist of former President Joseph Estrada. He and Corbito were abducted in November 2000, with their charred remains found months later.
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Former Philippine National Police chief Panfilo Lacson was among the accused in the case, but was cleared by the court in 2011.
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