Police change direction of investigation into murder of chicken delivery girl

On April 7, Dien Bien Provincial Police said they are continuing to investigate the murder of a young chicken delivery girl, with Vi Van Toan (38 years old) being the mastermind. Toan has just been prosecuted for two crimes.Murder and Bkidnapping for the purpose of appropriating property"The case continues to develop many new complicated details, so the forces are focusing on clarifying it," said the provincial police leader, adding that the defendants' statements must continue to be verified.

Previously, when starting to investigate the case, the police determined that Bui Van Cong (44 years old) was the mastermind, and with his drug addict friends, planned to trick a female student into delivering chickens to rob her of her property and then rape her.

In the latest development, according to the police, the suspects confessed that on the afternoon of February 4 (the afternoon of the 30th of Tet), Toan, Luong Van La (26 years old), Luong Van Hung (29 years old), Pham Van Nhiem (47 years old), and Vuong Van Hung (35 years old) used drugs at Cong's house. Toan then said that the 22-year-old female student's mother owed him money, so he asked the group to kidnap the female student and hold her for a few days to pressure her to pay. Toan promised to pay her in full with money and drugs, so the group agreed.

At around 4pm on February 4 (December 30), Vuong Van Hung went to the market pretending to buy chickens and asked for a phone number. At 6:40pm the same day, he called a female student to order 13 chickens, requesting delivery to Doc Lap Hill (Dien Bien Phu city).After planning, Vuong Van Hung was assigned to go to the market to meet the female student to deliver the chicken. Cong, La, Nhiem and Luong Van Hung were assigned to lie in wait at the meeting point to capture the victim.

The girl arrived and was controlled by Vuong Van Hung, who used iron chains to choke the victim until she passed out and took her to an abandoned house. The group then put the victim in the back of a truck and took her to Cong's house to be detained.

From the evening of the 30th of Tet (February 4) to the early morning of the 3rd day of Tet (February 7), a group of Cong, Vuong Van Hung, Nhiem, La, Luong Van Hung, Pham Van Dung (47 years old), and Cam Van Chuong (45 years old) took turns raping the victim in Cong's house in Thanh Nua commune, Dien Bien district.

For three days, Bui Thi Kim Thu (44 years old, Cong's wife) witnessed her husband and his drug addict friends raping and murdering a female chicken delivery student. However, Thu did not report it to the police and pretended to be the first person to discover the victim's body. When summoned, she gave false statements and used many tricks to mislead the investigation.

On the afternoon of the second day of Tet, seeing that the female student's health was gradually weakening, the group murdered the victim, covered up the evidence, and disposed of the body in an abandoned house about 100 meters from Cong's house.

So far, the police have prosecuted all 9 defendants to investigate the crimes.Murder, Robbery, Rape, Illegal possession of drugs, Illegal detention, Kidnapping for the purpose of appropriating property and Failure to report a crime.