He Made Inferences To The Killing: Possible suspect in Ruby slay held
Police now have in custody a possible suspect in the senseless killing of senior
Reynaldo Bayabado, 41, a resident of Pardo in
But it was how Bayabado issued the threat that made police in
According to a police report at the Subangdaku police station,
Interestingly, Bayabado is a former police informant.
Cebu City police chief Patrocinio Comendador told reporters that Task Force Ruby Jade, the composite team created to solve the killing of Ruby, is considering Bayabado as a possible suspect because of what he said in trying to extort money from Bohol and threatening to kill him.
“According to the report, he threatened to kill
Ruby, 20, a native of Macrohon,
Instead she was killed by one of two men on a motorcycle who simply wanted her cellphone.
Ruby was with a female classmate around
The two men stopped and one of them pulled out a gun. On seeing the firearm, the girls tried to run for safety but the man fired and hit Ruby in the back.
The men fled after taking the cellphone, while Ruby died not long after being taken to the nearby
Investigators later determined that Ruby was shot with a .38 caliber revolver, the same type of gun taken from Bayabado when he was arrested by a team of Subangdaku policemen led by Inspector George Aninon.
Bayabado denied trying to extort money from
He volunteered to undergo a paraffin test to determine if he had recently fired a gun.
Comendador, however, said he would ask
Police are also holding in custody two robbery suspects who were arrested a few hours near where Ruby was shot after they shot and robbed a Dutch national.
Isabelo Fernandez and Leonardo dela Cruz are similarly being held as possible suspects in the case.
But Comendador said in spite of these developments, police are not closing the door on other possibilities that other suspects may surface in the course of the ongoing investigation.
Bayabado, in denying trying to extort money from
Chief Inspector Edelberto Castaneda of the Subangdaku police told The Freeman that prior to his arrest, Bayabado was drinking with
Bayabado reportedly bragged that someone was paying him P50,000 to kill
Police set up a trap, and when Bayabado came back at the agreed time, the police sprang into action.
Bayabado tried to flee but was subdued with the help of some butchers at a nearby abattoir.
Aside from his gun, police recovered from him two cellphones, including a moderately expensive Nokia 7360, which aroused the suspicions of Castaneda. Also, his motorcycle was unregistered and appeared to have been painted over. (/JST)
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