Murder Charge Added in Kidnapped Pinay’s Case

REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA – A murder charge is now in play in the kidnap-for ransom case of Elvira Babb, 57, a Filipino woman from Vallejo, who has been missing for two months.

Prosecutors added a murder charge to their case against 26 year-old Filipino Emmanuel Espinosa, the primary suspect in the Babb case.

Though no body has been found, Espinosa faces the possibility of the death penalty.

Espinosa was one of four suspects in police custody for the kidnapping.

Babb was last seen on June 29 at Seafood City in Vallejo.

Her son, John Babb, received a text message from an unknown source saying they have his mother and would harm her if he did not pay the $60,000 ransom.

(Source: ABS-CBN.com)