The Gazette-Enterprise

SEGUIN — A 43-year-old Cibolo man pleaded guilty at arraignment Monday to slashing his wife’s throat in their home last June.

Glenn Dulay pleaded guilty to first-degree felony murder in the June 17 death of his wife, Manova Dulay, 34, before 25th Judicial District Judge Dwight Peschel in a plea agreement reached between defense attorney Allison Lanty and District Attorney Heather Hollub’s office.

Under terms of the agreement, Dulay, who has been held since his arrest on $2 million bail, will serve 40 years in state prison.

Peschel found that the knife used in the attack was a deadly weapon, and as a result, Dulay will have to serve at least half of his sentence.

Because he is not a United States citizen, Hollub said Dulay will be deported back to the Philippines.

Hollub said her office agreed to the plea offer to bring closure for the Manova Dulay’s family.

“The victim’s family wanted the case resolved quickly,” Hollub said. “He waived appeal and the conviction is final.”

Dulay was indicted in the October session of the Guadalupe County grand jury. If convicted at trial, he faced a possible sentence of between five and 99 years in prison.

Police rushed to Dulay’s home on Saddlehorn Way in a subdivision off FM 1103 after he reportedly called authorities to tell them they’d be able to find his wife in the home.

Glenn Dulay surrendered without incident, and his wife was found in an upstairs room, dead of a severe neck injury.

Cibolo Police Detective Sgt. Gilbert Castro and Detective Corporal Mark Van Rosendael called in the Texas Rangers along with 25th Judicial District Attorney Heather Hollub’s investigator, Frank Allenger, and launched a crime scene investigation with the Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office that would last well into Thursday morning.

Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Roy Richard Jr. conducted an inquest and pronounced Manova Dulay dead at the scene.

Glenn Dulay was booked into Guadalupe County Jail at 1:34 a.m. the following morning. Friday morning, Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Darrell Hunter set Dulay’s bail at $2 million.

Castro reported in his probable cause affidavit that Dulay confessed to killing his wife in his initial call to police.

Officers who questioned Dulay reported that marital discord was the likely cause of the killing.

“A motive in this death is not entirely clear, but (we) believe that a request for separation may have triggered the incident,” Castro wrote.

Child Protective Services was called into the investigation to assist in placing the Dulay children with Manova Dulay’s uncle, police reported.

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