Divorce papers on frozen body of Chinese girl
Mai had relationships with two men at the same time and paid the price with death in the icy place.
The Lunar New Year 2014 had just passed a few days ago, when a group of people went on a spring outing at a temple on a low hill inInner Mongolia Autonomous Region (China) suddenly discovered an unconscious person lying at the foot of a hill. Thinking about the harsh weather, and the person not wearing enough warm clothes, the tourists quickly called the police.
Authorities determined that this was the body of a woman, frozen from the cold, her face swollen beyond recognition. Forensic results determinedThe victim died three days before her body was discovered, on February 6, 2014. The cause of death was strangulation. Neither her fingerprints nor her DNA were in the police database.
The victim had no cell phone or identification on him, but between his leather and wool pants was an important piece of evidence that helped the police crack the case. That wasdivorce petition
The petitioner is named Canh, female, 25 years old. According to the information on the petition, the police went to Canh's registered address. Her parents said they would not be home for Tet and had not contacted her before.
Thinking that Canh was most likely the victim of the case, but not wanting to shock the family, the police did not provide a photo for identification but asked the family to call their daughter. Contrary to the investigation team's expectations, the phone was still connected normally, Canh was still alive.
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The scene where the victim's body was discovered. |
Canh was invited to the investigation agency and when looking at the victim's photo, he said he did not know this person. Canh said that she had written the divorce petition, but had torn it up a few days later. So this could only be the second copy kept by Canh's husband. Why did the victim hide this petition on her person? What is the connection between Canh and her husband in the case?
Police suspect that the victim was Canh's husband's lover. She and her husband tried to reconcile but he stopped them. Therefore, Canh, her husband, or both of them murdered the victim. However, the investigation ruled Canh out as a suspect.
Working with the police, Canh's husband, Thuong, 32, when looking at the victim's photo, identified her as his 27-year-old lover. Her name was Mai and she was the person who made Canh file for divorce.
According to Thuong's statement, on the evening of the seventh day of Tet (February 6), Thuong and his lover went out to dinner, but the girl had a phone call so she left first. Thuong gave his lover a divorce petition to prove that he had "serious intentions" with her. The camera at the dumpling shop confirmed that Thuong's statement was correct.
After identifying the victim, the investigation proceeded relatively smoothly. From the victim's phone number, the police identified the person who called the victim that evening as Truong. The camera outside the dumpling shop showed Mai getting into a white car owned by Truong.
The police later determined the case as follows: Thuong had an affair with Mai, his wife found out and asked for a divorce, then changed her mind and wanted to reunite. Seeing that Thuong was preparing for a divorce, Mai excitedly waited for the day her lover would be free to be together. But at this time Mai still maintained a relationship with her ex-lover, Truong.
That night, Truong called and picked Mai up. In the car, Mai asked to break up with Truong to be with Thuong. Truong did not agree and the two had a heated argument. In a fit of anger, Truong strangled Mai, dumped her body at the foot of the hill, and moved all of her belongings to another location.
Truong did not expect that before she died, Mai hid the petition between her two layers of pants. Thanks to that, the police were able to identify the victim, otherwise the case would have likely come to a standstill.