{"id":914535,"date":"2017-07-17T13:50:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T05:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=914535"},"modified":"2017-07-17T14:08:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T06:08:06","slug":"ecija-cops-arrest-couple-linked-to-april-murder-of-retired-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/914535\/ecija-cops-arrest-couple-linked-to-april-murder-of-retired-teachers","title":{"rendered":"Ecija cops arrest couple linked to April murder of retired teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"
CABANATUAN CITY – Police on Monday announced the arrest of a man and his wife who were accused of killing a pair of retired teachers at San Isidro town in Nueva Ecija province on April 26.<\/p>\n
Marcelo and Jasmin Villafuerte have been tagged as the killers of Eusebio Matias, 69, and wife Sobrina, 65, at their home. The Matias couple were found dead from gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n
The Villafuerte couple served as the Matias couple’s jewelry agents. They were caught in San Mateo town, Isabela province at 3:30 p.m. on Friday (July 14), said Senior Supt. Antonio Yarra, Nueva Ecija police director.<\/p>\n
Yarra said the motive of the attack on the Matias couple was robbery. \u201cAt the night of the crime, the suspects were aware of a large shipment of jewelry that was due to arrive that day,\u201d Yarra said. The jewelry was missing.<\/p>\n
Charges of robbery with homicide have been filed against the suspects.\/rga<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The police on Monday announced the arrest of a man and his wife, who were accused of killing a pair of retired teachers at San Isidro town in Nueva Ecija province on April 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":899,"featured_media":914541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,46],"tags":[89,5396,306],"byline":[731],"source":[139],"column":[],"editor":[170633],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n