Philippines Police Apologize to Thomas Markle Jr. After Child Abuse Probe Clears Him
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Nov 7
Philippines Police Apologize to Thomas Markle Jr. After Child Abuse Probe Clears Him
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Nov 7
Summary
Cordova police apologized to Thomas Markle Jr. after interviewing his fiancee and associates and resolving claims that underage girls had been brought to his home in the Philippines.
The apology followed Interior Secretary Juanito Victor Remulla's public statement that Markle Jr. was a person of interest in the widening investigation into his father, citing witness accounts involving ring lights and girls seen through windows.
Thomas Markle Sr., 82, was arrested by the FBI in Florida on Friday and charged with possessing child abuse images after agents seized about 78 items from two Los Angeles storage units he had rented since 2008.
Court documents say some images appear to show Markle Sr. with nude young girls, including one in a room resembling a Philippine motel; if convicted, he faces at least 20 years in federal prison.
The case began after Markle Jr. reported his father to Philippine police and the FBI last month, while separate scrutiny has fallen on London's Met over allegations it failed to share earlier warnings.