Cops nab 2 suspects in businesswoman's rape-slay
After more than a month police finally arrested two suspects in the rape and murder of a businesswoman residing at the posh Savannah Glen subdivision in Brgy. Abilay, Norte Oton, Iloilo.
Joint operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group 6 (CIDG-6) and the Oton police arrested last Saturday Benigno "Bentot" Segumban and Roy Somcio at their houses in the same barangay where the subdivision is located.
Segumban was a caretaker at Savannah subdivision.
Charmaine Larupay, the helper of Nueros who luckily survived, positively identified the suspects as their attackers.
Recovered from the two were pieces of evidence proving that they were involved in the brutal killing of 30 year old Clare Nueros. Among them the .45 caliber pistol licensed to Nueros' husband, Michael, a homemade .38 caliber revolver with five live ammunitions, two blue jackets and a pair of camouflage pants with bloodstains which were recovered at Segumban's house.
Police on the other hand recovered two homemade 12-gauge shotguns, 11 pieces of live shotgun ammunitions and six pieces live ammunitions for an M-16 armalite rifle from Somcio.
Surprisingly, Segumban implicated his younger brother Severio and nephew Severino Sangrador to the killing of Nueros.
He told police that he only served as lookout when the crime was committed.
Sangrador turned out to be a security guard of Savannah subdivision under the Elegance Security Agency. He has not reported back to work since Nueros' death.
Nueros, who ran a photocopier in downtown Iloilo and a small-scale money lending business, was attacked at her house around 8 p.m. on August 3.
The bonnet-wearing suspects gained entry at the kitchen door. They tied the hands of Nueros and her helper Larupay then placed them in separate rooms.
Larupay was left unhurt while Nueros was killed by the suspects before fleeing.
Investigators then said that the suspects were able to cart away Nueros' laptop, two cell phones, pieces of jewelry and an undetermined amount of cash.
An autopsy conducted by the medico-legal officer of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) showed that Nueros was positive for spermatozoa and that her genitalia had lacerations which means she was also raped by the suspects.