The man who murdered his mother and younger brother while high on drugs has been arrested.

On January 7, the leader of Khanh Hoa Provincial Police said that they were temporarily detaining Nguyen Vo Ngoc Bao (19 years old, residing in Cam Thanh Bac commune, Cam Lam district, Khanh Hoa) to investigate the acts of murder and robbery.

Bao is the suspect in the murder of his mother and younger brother. Previously, on January 6, the police discovered, controlled, and arrested Bao while he was hiding in Loi Hai commune, Thuan Bac district (Ninh Thuan).

Suspect Nguyen Vo Ngoc Bao before committing the crime.

Nguyen Vo Ngoc Bao initially testified that on the morning of January 5, while his family members were away, he turned on loud music and continuously used marijuana. In a hallucination, he saw his younger brother, Nguyen VQ. (6 years old), playing alone. Bao took a machete and hacked him to death, then dragged his body and hid it in the room.

A short while later, when his mother, Vo Thi Thu Ha (47 years old), returned from the market, Bao attacked her with a machete and knife, killing her on the spot. After killing his two relatives, Bao ransacked the cupboard, took a lot of gold jewelry, a motorbike, and his mother's phone, and ran out of the house.

Bao then sold the phone for more than 2 million VND to a store in Cam Ranh City (Khanh Hoa) and then drove to hide in Ninh Thuan province.

Local people were shocked by the horrific murder.

According to some local people, on the afternoon of January 5, some people saw Bao running out of the house, talking nonsense with many people, and he was currently using drugs. In the evening of the same day, Mr. Nguyen Minh Man (47 years old, Mrs. Ha's husband) came home from the sea and discovered his wife and youngest son dead on the floor, with many deep cuts on their bodies and many blood stains all around. Many items in the house were disturbed.

Searching the scene, police seized the machete and knife used in the crime.