Three days after he started evading the police, the suspected killer of international singing sensation Charice's father, Ricky Pempengco, has surrendered to the authorities.
ANC posted on its account (@ancalerts) that Angel "Capili Jr, the suspect is now being brought to Camp Crame to be turned over to Laguna PNP which has jurisdiction over the case."
Pempengco, who allegedly had an altercation with Capili, was stabbed to death Monday in San Pedro, Laguna.
On Wednesday, the authorities raised the reward to P200,000 from P100,000 for anyone who could give information that would lead to the arrest of the suspect.
In a report by “Umagang Kay Ganda (UKG),” the Pempengco family has opened the wake to the public from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m at the Divine Mercy Chapel, Muntinlupa City. First to visit were Charice’s fans collectively known as “Chasters" who condoled with their internationally-acclaimed idol.
One of them was Kenji Chua who told “UH” that, “Lahat ng Chaster, nagkaisa ngayon para makiramay sa pagdadalamhati ng pamilyang Pempengco especially kay Charice at kay Mommy Raquel.”
Pempengco will be laid to rest in the afternoon of Nov. 5 at the Pasture of Heaven Memorial Park in Cabuyao, Laguna.
‘Forgive my husband’
In an abs-cbnNEWS.com report on Nov. 2, Capili’s wife, Wilma appealed to Charice and the Pempengco family to forgive her husband.
"Patawarin niyo po sana kung ano man ang nagawa ng asawa ko. Kapag sumuko na asawa ko sana hindi niyo hatulan ng kung anong kalaki-laking...isusuko ko rin yun kapag nagkaroon ng komunikasyon. Patawarin nyo na po. Alam ko pong masakit ang nangyari sa ama niyo. Huwag niyo naman i-shoot to kill ang gawin sa asawa ko, susuko rin po yun, di naman mamatay tao yun eh," said she.
The suspect’s wife insisted that her husband is a good person and that there may be a probability that he wasn’t the one who started the alleged fist fight which led to the killing of Pempengco.
"Baka ho naunahan lang ho yun. Baka di naman siya totally ang nanguna. Di ba ho kung kayo ang naunahan, di ba ho kayo gaganti?" she asked.
She said she has yet to talk to her husband.
