Loved ones of the late former Miss PNG, Ruby-Anne Laufa, may soon find closure over her untimely passing.
Late yesterday evening, police locked up suspect Richard Namaliu.
Traffic police director, Joe Joseph, confirmed with Loop PNG that Namaliu has been detained over the tragedy that claimed Ruby’s life on Saturday, February 11, 2017.
“It is a very complicated case, considering there were no eyewitnesses,” said Joseph.
“We went around and around, gathering circumstantial evidence, but bearing in mind that there should be concrete evidence.
“It took us a long time.”
A charge should be determined sometime today.
The late beauty queen’s father, Maurice Laufa, initially expressed serious concern about the lack of urgency in police investigation into this death.
He further said on the afternoon of the day of her death, the suspect, Namaliu, was detained at Four-Mile traffic police station for about four hours and then released without charge.
“My daughter died in a very violent and suspicious circumstance and we demand justice for her and it is the duty of the police to assist in our demand for justice,” Laufa said.
Finally, some progress has been made, months after Ruby’s tragic death.
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