14-year-old Reynaldo de Guzman, the companion of Carl Angelo Arnaiz, the 19-year-old former UP student who was killed in a “shootout” in Caloocan, was found dead in Nueva Ecija on Wednesday, September 6.
Guzman was positively identified by his father at a funeral parlor in Gapan in Nueva Ecija.
According to a report published by ABS-CBN News, Reynaldo de Guzman and Carl Angelo Arnaiz went missing on August 17.
The two were supposed to buy midnight snacks but unfortunately, they were not able to return their homes in Cainta, Rizal.
Carl Angelo Arnaiz went missing for approximately ten (10) days before his parents found his body in a funeral home in Caloocan City.
Arnaiz was killed in a shootout against Caloocan policemen after he allegedly resisted arrest due to robbing a taxi driver identified as Tomas Bagcal along C3 Road.
Based on the result of the forensic examination conducted by the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO), he was tortured before he was killed.
Policemen who were involved in the slain of Arnaiz have been relieved.
Authorities are still conducting an investigation regarding Carl Angelo Arnaiz’s case.
The death of Carl Angelo Arnaiz came two days after the killing of the 17-year-old student Kian Delos Santos.
Kian Loyd Delos Santos was killed in an in an alleged anti-illegal drugs operation in Barangay 160 in Caloocan City late Wednesday, August 16.