Fundraiser launched to help shooting victim's family, charges dismissed against Manibusan
Tragedy struck on Valentine's Day, leaving loved ones to post images of 53-year-old Sumittra Lairopi on this GoFundMe account.
Family members are raising money to cover funeral expenses.
The pictures posted showing the Dededo mother over the years smiling with her loved ones.
It's memories that ended last week after Lairopi took her final breath on Friday, two days after she was shot out front the Thai Thai Healthy Cuisine restaurant in Tamuning.
Lairopi was having dinner on Valentine's Day before the shooting occurred.
Details of the armed robbery surfaced Tuesday in the prosecution's magistrate complaint.
Thirty-six-year-old Domingo Mendiola is charged with aggravated murder, first-degree robbery, theft of a motor vehicle, and possession of a schedule II controlled substance, along with special allegations of possession or use of a deadly weapon in the commission of felony.
He is being held on $500,000 cash bail.
Probation noted his prior robbery and family violence convictions in court today.
Co-defendant 36-year-old Jenna Rose Manibusan is charged with complicity to commit aggravated murder, complicity to commit first-degree robbery, and complicity to commit theft of a motor vehicle.
Investigators learned the couple allegedly planned the robbery to pay off a drug debt.
The pair allegedly targeted customers at the restaurant that night before Mendiola allegedly shot Lairopi and took off with her car.
The couple allegedly ditched the stolen car in Sinajana.
Guam police tracked down the suspects after finding a separate car left at the crime scene with drugs inside.
Mendiola allegedly denied the shooting but admitted he smokes meth and owned the drugs that officers located near the crime scene.
While authorities search for others involved in her killing, efforts are now underway to help Lairopi's family in their time of need.
To support the Lairopi's, visit the GoFundMe page here.
Meantime, the charges against defendant Jenna Rose Manibusan were dismissed without prejudice late Tuesday, meaning prosecutors can bring it back before the court.
It was said in court Manibusan could be released from prison Tuesday night.