The female student's last message: 'I felt worried when the taxi went in another direction'
Before being murdered, while sitting in the car, Ms. Oanh texted her student to share that she felt worried because the taxi took her in a different direction.
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Ms. Pham Thi Oanh |
The victim was Ms. Pham Thi Oanh (23 years old, from Ha Nam - 4th year student, Hue University of Education). This female student had just completed her duty as a proctor for the national high school graduation exam, at an exam site in Ha Tinh City.
According to Mr. Nguyen Tien Luc (victim's relative), on the evening of July 3, Ms. Oanh called a local taxi company to hire a car to take her to the church in Thach Ha commune, Ha Tinh city.
At around 9:30 p.m., after the mass, Ms. Oanh got on this bus to visit a student in Ha hamlet. After sitting there for about 15 minutes, the female supervisor left.
At 9:46 p.m., while sitting in the car, Ms. Oanh texted her student to share that she felt worried because the taxi took her in a different direction.
Two minutes later, Ms. Oanh texted her student one last time about how uneasy she felt before the 9X supervisor went missing and could not be reached by phone.
At noon on July 5, Ha Tinh Provincial Police summoned suspect Nguyen Van Tien (residing in Thach Linh Ward, Ha Tinh City) to give his statement. At the police station, Tien confessed to murdering Ms. Oanh.
According to the suspect, on the evening of July 3, he drove the female supervisor from Thach Ha commune to Ha Tinh city. When they reached a deserted area, Tien suddenly stopped the car and strangled the 23-year-old female passenger, intending to steal her handbag containing her phone and 250,000 VND.
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Crime scene investigation team. Photo:Xuan Duc. |
Knowing that Ms. Oanh was dead, he took the body to Su bridge (block 1, Cay town, Ha Tinh) to dispose of it. Based on the suspect's statement, the police found Ms. Oanh's body covered with water hyacinth in the river.
Late this morning, Ha Tinh police were still examining the scene to investigate and clarify the cause of the incident.
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The scene where Ms. Oanh's body was found is about 2 km from Cay market and about 4-5 km from the center of Ha Tinh city. Photo:GoogleMaps. |
Mr. Nguyen Hai Loc, Head of Student Affairs Department (Hue University of Education) said that according to regulations, after completing the exam, the school will take the students home. On the afternoon of July 3, after finishing the last exam, Oanh asked to stay to attend church and return to her hometown. The school received information that after the church service, Oanh got into a taxi and disappeared. Currently, a working group from Hue University of Education has gone to Ha Tinh to get more information about the incident. |
According to Zing.vn