The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) announced Monday the arrest of another suspect in the kidnapping and killing of a mother and her son in Quezon City last year.

Atty. Ariel Calub, the NBI agent on the case, identified the suspect as a jail officer.

“If we look at the people he’s with, they are mostly ex-convicts from Muntinlupa. These are recently released individuals, and he’s the one providing them with shelter,” Calub said in a briefing.

Calub said the arrested individual is allegedly one of the people who held up the two victims while they were driving at 2:45 a.m. on 10 June in Quezon City. The son was killed during the incident, and the group abducted the mother.

After the group demanded a P5 million ransom for the mother’s release, the victim’s family immediately sought help from the NBI.

The NBI previously stated that the family’s driver conspired with the suspects and tipped them off, leading them to cut off contact with authorities. The mother’s remains were later found in the town of Bai in Laguna province.

To recall, the NBI previously arrested another jail officer and a former inmate in July 2024 in connection with the same case.

NBI director Jaime Santiago said charges have been filed against the newly arrested suspect, and a warrant of arrest was issued by a Quezon City regional trial court.