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Peralta also said, the original plan was to kill the couple, but Layesi allegedly gave them a last minute instruction to spare the wife. He did not know why, and what were Layesi’s motives in ordering the killing. Peralta also said, his plane ticket from Ilocos, where he was assigned as security supervisor of a security agency, including the necessary travel documents amid the quarantine protocols implemented by the government ,due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, were provided to them. Upon arrival in Cebu, he was billeted at a pension house in Manddawwee City. Peralta said the firearms he and Suarez used were provided to them by Palpparran. Peralta also confessed that killing Wee was not his first transaction with Layesi. He also admitted to the foiled assassination of Lawyer James Joseph Gupana on October 10, 2020 in Barangay Pahac, Lappu-Lappu City. Peralta said, they were contracted for 150 thousand pesos to kill Gupana ,but the said lawyer survived in the ambush. on January 13, 2021. Retired Col. Edwin Layesi, 51, was arrested inside a blue Toyota Hilux with plate number P.O.E. 061, near Fuentte Osmeña circle, in Cebu City. The same Toyota Hilux, with the same plate number, was captured by closed-circuit television cameras among the getaway vehicles used by the assailants, after killing lawyer Joey Luis Wee. According to NBI7, Layesi was arrested in connection with the murder of Joey Wee and in the frustrated murder of James Gupana. According to NBI-7 Director, Rennan Augustus Oliva. Even before Peralta’s confession, they already have evidence showing Layesi’s involvement in the crime. Peralta’s confession, only strengthened the result of thier investigation that Layesi was involved in the killing of Attorney Wee, Oliva said, Layesi was not the mastermind, but did the planning and execution of the killing. “We have documentary, electronic and testimonial evidence to show that Edwin Layesi was involved not just a participant but a supervisor in the killing of Wee. Based on their investigation, Oliva confirmed that Layesi also had a big participation in the ambush of lawyer James Gupana in Lapu-Lapu City on Oct. 10, 2020. Oliva said, they would file separate charges against Layesi concerning the shooting of Gupana. Aside from the murder case, Layesi will also be facing an additional charge after a .45 caliber pistol with an expired license and registered to a different person was recovered in the pick-up truck. According to NBI7. Layesi is part of a gun-for-hire business. Layesi, and the other perpetrators in the slay of Attorney Wee would receive an amount of six-digit figures each, if they successfully carry out the murder plot. Oliva said the investigation continues to identify the mastermind of the killing. And definitely, the motive behind the killing of Wee, said it had something to do with a case the lawyer handled.