96-year-old murder suspect nabbed after 33 years of hiding in Nueva Vizcaya
HINGYON, Ifugao – Police arrested on October 26 a 96-year-old man wanted for murder here after 33 years of hiding in Sitio Calaoagan, Bascaran, Solano, Nueva Vizcaya.
The suspect, Balog Pah-e, a resident of Poblacion, this town, was apprehended on a warrant issued by Judge Romeo Habbiling of the Branch 14, Regional Trial Court, Lagawe, Ifugao.
Pah-e was nabbed by the Ifugao Police Provincial Office, Regional Intelligence Unit-14, Regional Intelligence Division, 2nd Benguet Provincial Mobile Force Company, and Regional Mobile Force Battalion 15.
The Police Regional Police-Cordillera listed the suspect as the third most wanted person on the regional level, second MWP on the provincial level for the fourth quarter of this year, and No. 1 MWP on the municipal level for the third quarter of 2023.
Police said the suspect shot his victim with a shotgun in March 1990 and hid shortly after the incident.