The Murder of John Ruffolo

Published: Nov. 28, 2022, 8 a.m.

b'Episode 246: John Ruffolo, 36, an employee of Brinks Canada at Butler Crescent location in Saanichton, British Columbia, was due to start a night shift at 10:30 PM on October 19, 2003. He was an ATM technician and an armoured car driver. When John didn\\u2019t show up, the rest of the armoured car crew waited 30 minutes before calling John\\u2019s home. A woman answered the phone, telling John\\u2019s co-worker, Jason Amos, that John had left for work some time ago. The crew waited a few more minutes before calling in a replacement.\\nJohn\\u2019s wife, Ruby Ann Ruffolo, reported her husband missing on October 20th. His car turned up outside a local pub in Victoria two days after that. On October 25, 2003, a hiker walking near Humpback Road in Langford, 15 kilometres from his Victoria home, found John Ruffolo\\u2019s body in a culvert and called the police. John\\u2019s body was uninjured except for puncture wounds, believed to be needle marks, on both arms.\\nSix months after John Ruffolo died, police arrested Ruby Ann Ruffolo and charged her with first-degree murder in her husband\\u2019s death. John\\u2019s surviving family had to wait seven long years for justice in a case beset by numerous delays, some initiated by the defendant and her lawyers, but also included a judge\\u2019s death and a mistrial.\\xa0\\nSources:\\nJohn RUFFOLO Obituary (2003) - The Times Colonist\\n2010 BCSC 1630 R. v. Ruffolo\\n2012 BCCA 325 R. v. Ruffolo\\n826 Esquimalt Road, Victoria, BC \\u2014 Google Maps\\nRoutes from 994 Tulip Ave to 6721 Butler Crescent \\u2014 Google Maps\\nHeroin | HealthLink BC\\nAmitriptyline - Oral | HealthLink BC\\nNortriptyline - Oral | HealthLink BC\\nCanadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative\\nCN BC: Judge\\u2019s Death Puts Cases In Jeopardy\\nWoman killed cheating husband with overdose of heroin | CTV News\\nFamily furious over convicted killer\\u2019s release | CBC News\\nMurder victim\\u2019s family responds to Ruffolo\\u2019s release - Saanich News\\nRuby Ann Ruffolo Guilty of First Degree Murder - YouTube\\nRuby Ann Ruffolo loses last appeal of conviction for murdering husband in 2003 - Victoria Times Colonist\\nKidSport Canada | So all kids can play\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'