Slay suspect nabbed in Bacolod

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 09:35:51 +0000

BACOLOD CITY – A man who was earlier arrested for other violations here confessed to the police that he was the one who killed a woman in front of the Metro Bacolod District Jail male dormitory in Barangay Singcang-Airport here last Aug. 18.

Tyron Barena, 27, of Barangay Taculing here, executed an extrajudicial confession last Sept. 3 admitting before the police and his lawyer that he killed Crystal Faith Jastiva, 25, of Barangay Poblacion, Bago City, Negros Occidental.

Based on his extrajudicial confession, Barena told the police that he committed the crime because he felt pressured to pay his debt of P10,000 to his friend.

Barena also stated in his confession that he was allegedly threatened to be killed if he fails to follow the order of his friend.

Police Maj. Charles Gever, head of Police Station 8 here, said Barena was fetched by his friend in his house last Aug. 18 and they went near the jail to wait for their target.

When Jastiva came out of the jail after visiting her partner who was previously arrested in a drug bust here last July, Barena was ordered by his friend to shoot the victim.

Both of them fled on board a motorcycle, Gever said.

Jastiva died on the spot.

Gever said Barena didn’t know their target as he only bas
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