Anria Galang Espiritu Rape-Slay Suspects Arrested

Anria Galang Espiritu, the rape-slay victim, and his relatives seem to be getting justice after two suspects were arrested in Bulacan.

Superintendent Ophelio Dakila Concina, chief of police in Calumpit, Bulacan, told the press people that at least three suspects were identified as Melvin Ulam, Ramil Diarca and Elmer Joson. Elmer Joson was arrested because he was the jeepney driver which the victim rided the night before she went missing.

Suspicion on Elmer Joson started after Joson visited the victim's wake with his wife, in where the relatives of the victim noticed the scratches and wounds on Elmer Joson's body.

After the couple came back, Joson was immediately arrested and was ordered to take his shirt off. He then told the authorities that the wounds and scratches on his body came from the marital spat he had with his wife.

Superintendent Ophelio Dakila Concina told media that they have recorded fresh wounds on her neck, while other wounds-scratches were also found on other parts of his body.

The lifeless body of Anria Galang Espiritu was fished out in a rice paddy in Barangay Sapang Bayan last Sunday, August 17, 2014. The body was found facing down on Sunday after she went missing for three days.

The Scene-of-the-Crime Operatives (SOCO) team found a screw driver, long iron chain and the victim’s underwear in the vicinity of the crime scene.

This rape-slay case became sensational after thousands of Filipino netizens cried out for justice online for the 26 years old model who died in a tragic incident.