American male arrested as 4th suspect in grisly murder of Canadian English teacher in New Taipei’s Yonghe District
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/10/18
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Jason (center). (Image from suspect’s Facebook page)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — An American male English teacher has been identified as the fourth suspect in the gruesome murder and dismemberment of a Canadian English teacher and was arrested in his sleep by police early this morning.
The suspect, identified by SETN as a 46-year-old English teacher named Jason Eugene Hobbie (Chinese name 何傑生), is suspected of helping 37-year-old American tattoo artist Oren Shlomo Mayer to burn the evidence of the grisly murder of 43-year-old Canadian English teacher Ryan Sanjay Ramgahan. Based on testimony by the other American suspect, 30-year-old Ewart Odane Bent, New Taipei police obtained a warrant for Hobbie’s arrest and arrived at his home at 8 a.m. this morning.
When police arrived at his home at 8 a.m. this morning, the door was opened by his eldest daughter preparing to go to school and they presented their warrant for her father’s arrest. Hobbie was found to be fast asleep when police entered his room and had a calm demeanor when awoken. Police then searched his home for evidence.
When questioned by police about his role in the murder, he said that he received a call from Mayer that day asking him, “Do you want to set off fireworks from the riverbank?” reported Liberty Times. Hobbie had ridden his scooter about halfway, when he received a second phone call from Mayer saying, “Our scooter is out of gas, can you please buy some gas for us?” [FULL STORY]
