According to the Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office, 34 YO Miguel Angel Manriquez, a resident of Highway 16, fled the parish shortly after committing rapes in the Pine area on August 6.
Detectives investigating the rapes obtained a warrant for Manriquez’s arrest. The warrant was entered into the national criminal justice database so that any law enforcement contact in the United States would result in his arrest.
Manriquez was captured in El Paso, Texas, on December 5 and held by the Sheriff’s Office there.
Extradition was approved by Texas authorities and Manriquez was transported to the Washington Parish Jail on December 20, at which time he was booked on three counts of rape.
His bond was set at $750,000.
Details of the rapes will not be revealed in order to protect the identity of his female victim.