ELLAH JOY CASE

Posted on April 2, 2011

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Police seek protection for 12 witnesses


By Chito O. Aragon, Correspondent
 
 
 
POLICE authorities recommended that 12 witnesses in the Ellah Joy Pique be placed under the witness protection program of the Department of Justice (DOJ).

This will secure them from threats and intimidation, said Senior Supt. Patrocinio Comendador Jr., spokesman of Task Force Ellah Joy.

He said police will also coordinate with the DOJ to prepare grounds to support its request for the court to issue a hold departure order against the main suspects, Bella Ruby Santos and her British boyfriend, Ian Charles Griffiths.

Comendador said the task force would coordinate with the International Police to locate Griffiths, who left for Singapore last Feb. 28. Only Santos returned to Cebu.

Last Thursday, the police task force showed PowerPoint slides of how they conducted the investigation that led to the filing of charges against the couple.

Comendador showed step by step how they were able to identify the suspects through witnesses, before, during and after the Feb. 8 kidnapping, including the dumping of Ellah Joy’s body off a cliff in Barili town.

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