The suspect confessed to dumping the 4-year-old girl down the well to destroy the evidence.

Suspect Nguyen Van Hung at the investigation agency

On the afternoon of March 15, a source from Dong Xoai Town Police, Binh Phuoc Province, said that they had prosecuted and temporarily detained Nguyen Van Hung (33 years old, residing in Hamlet 2, Tien Hung Commune, Dong Xoai Town) to investigate the acts of rape and murder.

Hung is the suspect in the case of a 4-year-old girl who was murdered and her body dumped in a well in Dong Xoai town.

At the investigation agency, Hung initially confessed that after taking the child L.D.TA (4 years old) away from his grandmother's house (also residing in Hamlet 2), Hung took the child to a rubber plantation in Hamlet 3, Tien Hung Commune. There, Hung seduced and raped the child.

At this time, A. struggled and cried for help, but Hung still tried to commit the depraved act.

Then, fearing being discovered, Hung carried baby A. (who was crying at the time) down to the abandoned well behind the Tien Hung parish church in Hamlet 3, Tien Hung commune and fled the scene.

The scene where relatives sadly discovered the body of baby A.

As reported, at around 3:00 p.m. on March 11, Hung rode his motorbike to the house of Mrs. Dam Thi Van (46 years old, TA's maternal grandmother). There, Hung saw TA (daughter of Ms. Do Thi Viet Ha, 24 years old), so he picked up the baby and gave her 5,000 VND.

Seeing Hung coming to visit, Mrs. Van took a water pipe and asked Hung to bring it to Tien Hung cemetery in Hamlet 6, Tien Hung commune to place in front of her husband's grave to help burn incense.

At Mrs. Van's request, Hung immediately agreed and asked Mrs. Van to take TA along, but Mrs. Van refused. Taking advantage of the moment Mrs. Van was struggling in the kitchen, Hung carried TA onto his motorbike and drove away. Mrs. Van saw it but did not have time to react.

At 6:30 pm, not seeing Hung bring her grandson home, Mrs. Van hurried to the cemetery to look for her grandson and Hung but could not find him. After that, the family rushed to look everywhere but still could not find him, so on the morning of March 12, TA's family went to the police to report the incident.

Through verification, Dong Xoai Town Police determined that Hung had left his residence after the incident. From there, the police narrowed down the area to investigate.

Afterwards, Dong Xoai Town Police requested the authorities to notify each neighborhood, hamlet, and people's security team to check accommodation facilities and mobilize people to search for Hung and TA.

At 10 p.m. on March 14, the town police arrested Hung at a stream in Tien Thanh commune, Dong Xoai town, more than 15km from the scene of the incident - when Hung was starving and on his way to find food and water after more than 3 days in hiding.

At the same time, the family was also heartbroken when they found TA's body in an abandoned well near the rubber plantation behind the Tien Hung parish church in Hamlet 2, Tien Hung Commune. When discovered, TA's body was in the process of decomposition.