The late Ruby Laufa’s autopsy is scheduled for 4.30pm this afternoon.
Based on the results of the post-mortem, police will determine the charges that will be laid on the suspect.
NCD superintendent of police operations, Fred Tundu, told Loop PNG that the suspect has spent the last two hours being interrogated by CID officers at Boroko.
Tundu says eyewitness statements have been collected by investigators.
He further explains that based on the outcome of the autopsy, police will determine the degree of the murder charge.
Tundu clarifies that currently, the maximum charge for murder carries a life imprisonment sentence. A lesser degree of the sentence would be manslaughter but it depends on the circumstances of the case.
The late Ruby Laufa passed away at the Port Moresby General Hospital on Saturday, February 11, at 3.30pm.
Born on February 13, 1992, in Port Moresby, she was the Miss South Pacific PNG 2012-2013.