NBI-7 to file case against 17-year-old suspect in Christine Lee Silawan murder
The 17-year-old suspect in the murder of Christine Lee Silawan was arrested Saturday night by operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) in Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City. | Paul Lauro and Delta Dyrecka Letigio
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will be filing charges against the 17-year-old suspect of the killing of Christine Silawan in Lapu-Lapu City.
Lawyer Antonio Pagatpat, deputy director for Regional Services Office of the NBI, said they will be filing the case at the Regional Trial Court in Lapu-Lapu City on Monday afternoon, March 18, 2019.
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Pagatpat confirmed that NBI in Central Visayas (NBI-7) has taken custody the primary suspect in the killing of Silawan, who was allegedly her ex-boyfriend.
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“In a moment we will be filing the appropriate charges before the City Prosecutor of Lapu-Lapu,” he said.
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The suspect was caught in an operation in Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City on Saturday night, March 16, 2019.
Lawyer Tomas Enrile, director of the NBI-7, affirmed that the 17-year-old boy was seen in a closed-circuit television (CCTV) together with Silawan in a subdivision in Maribago. /bmjo
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