Couple charged with Diego Martin woman’s murder

An­na-Lisa Paul

Se­nior Re­porter

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The cou­ple de­tained in con­nec­tion with the death of 25-year-old Shayana Ruiz last Wednes­day have been charged with mur­der.

Se­nior po­lice of­fi­cials con­firmed yes­ter­day that the charges had been laid and that the pair were ex­pect­ed to ap­pear in court.

Ruiz, of Quar­ry Road, Diego Mar­tin, was stabbed mul­ti­ple times in the back, head, face, chest and hand on Ju­ly 29.

The Lit­tle Cae­sar’s, Wood­brook, em­ploy­ee had re­port­ed­ly gone to her for­mer boyfriend’s home at Ed­in­burgh 500, Ch­agua­nas, to col­lect $4,500 that was owed to her.

She was al­leged­ly asked to col­lect the mon­ey and, up­on ar­riv­ing at the house, be­came em­broiled in a heat­ed ar­gu­ment with her for­mer part­ner.

Po­lice said that dur­ing the al­ter­ca­tion, which un­fold­ed in front of a rel­a­tive who had ac­com­pa­nied her, Ruiz was at­tacked and stabbed be­fore the cou­ple fled the scene.

The man and woman were ap­pre­hend­ed by po­lice hours lat­er.

Ruiz’s rel­a­tives yes­ter­day ex­pressed re­lief af­ter learn­ing that the mur­der charges had been laid.