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Kidnapped Fil-Am boy rescued

- Celso Amo, Cecille Suerte Felipe -
December 16, 2011 | 12:00am

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines  – Joint police operatives rescued a four-year-old Filipino-American boy and arrested three of his kidnappers in a coastal village in Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon on Wednesday afternoon, police said.

Superintendent Renato Bataller, spokesman of the Bicol police, identified the arrested suspects as Lorenzo Dipad, 38; Michael Rala, 29; and Floridel Royol, 22.

Bataller said the suspects had brought the boy to Prieto Diaz town from Cavite but did not say how long they had held him.

BATALLER

BICOL

CAVITE

FILIPINO-AMERICAN

FLORIDEL ROYOL

LORENZO DIPAD

MICHAEL RALA

POLICE

PRIETO DIAZ

SORSOGON

SUPERINTENDENT RENATO BATALLER
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