WATCH: An arrest has been made in the murder of Jessica Newman. As Global first reported, police were closing in on a suspect in the case, and now family members confirm Jessica’s ex-boyfriend is in police custody. Nancy Hixt reports.
CALGARY – Homicide detectives have laid charges in connection to the death of Jessica Rae Newman.
The 24-year-old mother of three disappeared in March. Eight weeks later, her body was found in a ditch north of Calgary.
Newman’s ex-boyfriend, Kevin Rubletz, was taken into police custody on Friday. He has been charged with the second-degree murder of Newman.
Rhonda Stewart, Jessica’s mother, says she was called by homicide detectives on Friday morning to let her know someone had been arrested.
“I got woke by this phone call and it’s the best way to get woke up,” said Stewart. “It gives us a little bit of closure… but it does bring us to the next stage where I want to know why…. like what she could have done that was so bad to deserve this.”
“We need somebody to say sorry,” added Stewart. “We need somebody to say why they did this… to know how it ever got to this point.”
“She was such an easygoing person… I still can’t wrap my head around why somebody would do this.”
Stewart says she has mixed emotions upon finding out that Rubletz, who is the father of Newman’s two-year-old son, was the one arrested.
He will next appear in court on Monday, June 29, 2015.
Global News had learned on Wednesday that Rubletz was considered a person of interest in the case.
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