02 November 2005
…as PNP nabs suspect in lady judge’s killing
NATIVIDAD – The police believe the brutal slaying of Pasay City Regional Trial Court Judge Estrellita Paas inside their home here on Sep. 23 this year had been solved with the arrest of one of the suspects in Sto. Domingo, Lupao, Nueva Ecija.
The suspect was identified as Elmer Cabeles, of barangay Carusucan, Asingan, but residing with his wife, Aida, at their residence in barangay Poblacion West here. Cabeles was arrested in his hideout by agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group headed by Chief Inspector Ronald Gayo and of the Natividad Police headed by chief of police Senior Inspector Bernardo Aromin.
Sick and downed by malaria, the suspect was brought by CIDG agents to a hospital in Urdaneta City under guard.
Meanwhile, the National Bureau of Investigation in Dagupan said it is happy that the police already found one of the suspects in the slaying of the judge.
The NBI was tapped by the family of the victim to join the police in investigating the case.
Lawyer Jose Doloiras, agent-in-charge of the NBI in Dagupan, said before the reported arrest of the suspect in Lupao, Nueva Ecija, they had invited the husband of the victim, retired Ombudsman Reinerio Paas to take polygraph test in order to clear all doubts about the slaying.
He said the retired Ombudsman agreed to take the test in order to help in the investigation of the case.
Investigation showed that on the day after Judge Paas was found hog-tied and bathing in a pool of her blood in their bathroom, Cabeles left for Asingan where he reportedly asked P5,000 from his father for him to go and look for job in either Mabalacat, Pampanga or Tarlac.
Policemen looked for him in Mabalacat and Tarlac but did not find him there. His wife Aida told the police later that her husband was actually in Lupao, Nueva Ecija.
Philippine National Police chief Director General Arturo Lomibao flew in to Natividad during the wake of the lady judge to order a speedy investigation of the case.
The police said several more persons involved in the slaying of the lady judge are still being hunted.
The suspect was identified as Elmer Cabeles, of barangay Carusucan, Asingan, but residing with his wife, Aida, at their residence in barangay Poblacion West here. Cabeles was arrested in his hideout by agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group headed by Chief Inspector Ronald Gayo and of the Natividad Police headed by chief of police Senior Inspector Bernardo Aromin.
Sick and downed by malaria, the suspect was brought by CIDG agents to a hospital in Urdaneta City under guard.
Meanwhile, the National Bureau of Investigation in Dagupan said it is happy that the police already found one of the suspects in the slaying of the judge.
The NBI was tapped by the family of the victim to join the police in investigating the case.
Lawyer Jose Doloiras, agent-in-charge of the NBI in Dagupan, said before the reported arrest of the suspect in Lupao, Nueva Ecija, they had invited the husband of the victim, retired Ombudsman Reinerio Paas to take polygraph test in order to clear all doubts about the slaying.
He said the retired Ombudsman agreed to take the test in order to help in the investigation of the case.
Investigation showed that on the day after Judge Paas was found hog-tied and bathing in a pool of her blood in their bathroom, Cabeles left for Asingan where he reportedly asked P5,000 from his father for him to go and look for job in either Mabalacat, Pampanga or Tarlac.
Policemen looked for him in Mabalacat and Tarlac but did not find him there. His wife Aida told the police later that her husband was actually in Lupao, Nueva Ecija.
Philippine National Police chief Director General Arturo Lomibao flew in to Natividad during the wake of the lady judge to order a speedy investigation of the case.
The police said several more persons involved in the slaying of the lady judge are still being hunted.
