| FOR FUN, THEY SAID. Self-confessed robbers and killers of nursing student Ruby Jade Ruba: Mark Anthony Gabriel (left) and Aivan Barabat. A third suspect, Karl Marx Carticiano (inset), identified by his companions as driver of their getaway motorcycle, denied he took part in the crime. (Sun.Star Photo/Arni Aclao; Inset Photo/Caloy Gocotano) |
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POLICE arrested Sunday and yesterday two of the alleged perpetrators in the robbery-slay of nursing student Ruby Jade Ruba, then placed under custody the third suspect who showed up to deny his participation in the incident.
With the arrest and the subsequent filing of the complaints against the three late in the afternoon yesterday, Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) Director Patrocinio Comendador considered the case solved at the police level.
Aivan “Eping” Barabat, Mark Anthony Gabriel and Karl Marx Carticiano were charged with robbery and homicide for the March 6, 2008 midnight incident before the Office of the Cebu City Prosecutor.
Two witnesses, who went to CCPO yesterday, identified Barabat and Gabriel as the two men who victimized Ruba, 20.
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