Arrest the killer of 7-month-old girl
After using drugs, Nguyen Van Hong (23 years old) murdered a 7-month-old girl and buried her body in the park.
On the morning of November 21, the An Giang Provincial Police Department prosecuted and temporarily detained Nguyen Van Hong (in Chau Phu A ward, Chau Doc city) to investigate the acts of "Murder" and "Intentional injury”.
According to initial investigation, in October, Hong met and lived with Ms. NTM (29 years old, living in the same locality) as husband and wife.
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| Subject Nguyen Van Hong. Photo: Tien Tam |
During the time they lived together, every time Hong saw the 7-month-old girl (Ms. M.'s stepchild) crying, she got angry and repeatedly abused her, breaking her arm.
On the evening of November 2, Hong, M. and Tran Dien (24 years old) used drugs at home. After that, Hong asked M. to go to a neighbor's house to charge her phone.
At this time, Hong was at home pouring water into the child's mouth, causing the victim to die. The entire incident was witnessed by Tran Dien.
When M. came back and saw her daughter dead, he asked her about it. Hong immediately discussed with M. about cremating the girl, but the woman did not agree and suspected her lover of killing her child.
At around 2am on November 4, Hong and M. put the baby in a travel bag and took it to the embankment of 30/4 Park (Chau Phu B Ward) to bury it to destroy the evidence. After that, Hong returned home and frequently threatened to kill and used a weapon to beat M., causing injuries.
At noon on November 8, Mr. VCL, the niece's biological father, came to visit. Not seeing his daughter, he asked M. At this time, M. asked Mr. L. to hold Hong while he went to the police station to report.
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| Police examine the crime scene. |
The An Giang Provincial Police Department has directed the Criminal Police Department to send experienced investigators to quickly coordinate with Chau Doc City Police to investigate and clarify the matter.
Because the subjects involved all used drugs, had close relationships with each other, and were threatened by Hong, they initially encountered many difficulties in identifying the suspect. After many hours of persistent investigation, Hong finally admitted to killing the child.
Hong is a subject with a previous conviction for "Theft of property" and was just released from prison in August 2021. After returning to his hometown, Hong continued to gather drug addicts to steal property to sell for money to buy drugs.
The police are also continuing to consolidate evidence to clarify the act of "failure to report a crime" against Tran Dien.
