Overview

• Juan Baron pleaded guilty in 2024 to second-degree murder, theft and identity theft as part of a plea deal that made him eligible for parole
• Judge Cathy Remigo imposed a life sentence with parole eligibility and referred Baron’s minimum term to the Hawaii Paroling Authority
• At the July 30 hearing, Gary Ruby’s niece testified that the medical examiner found cement in his lungs, proving he was alive when encased
• Ruby’s family detailed how Baron used a belt to strangle him, slit his wrist to stage a suicide and poured coffee grounds over the concrete to mask the odor
• After the 2022 killing, Baron lived in Ruby’s Hawaii Loa Ridge home, drove his Audi A6 and fled to California, where he was arrested hiding in a Mexico-bound bus