The case of 3 grandmother and grandchild murders: Hair and blood expose the perpetrator

According to the Tan Thanh Commune Police, Lam Ha District, at around 7:00 p.m. on May 24, the leaders of the Tan Thanh Commune People's Committee received a report from Mr. Dam Van Quyet (35 years old), Secretary of the Tan Thanh Commune Youth Union, about his mother, Ms. Hoang Thi Vuong (71 years old), and two children, Dam Tien Duc (4 years old) and Dam Thi Nguyen Thao (3 years old), missing since noon of the same day.

The family searched the area and contacted relatives but could not find the three grandmother and grandchildren. Normally, Mrs. Vuong stays home to take care of the two grandchildren and only takes them out to play around the neighborhood.

Upon receiving the information, the Commune Police sent forces to the area to search for the three grandmother and grandchildren, and at the same time reported the incident to the Lam Ha District Police on duty.

Although it was late at night, the district police leaders still directed forces to urgently go to the grassroots to coordinate with the commune police to search for the missing people.

According to local residents, at noon that same day they still saw the three grandmother and grandchildren walking on the road near their house. Ms. Be Thi Binh (residing in village 9, Tan Thanh commune) said that at around 10am that same day, Ms. Vuong still brought her two children to play at her family's house. After that, Ms. Vuong said goodbye to her and took the two children home.

The authorities and the family used flashlights to search in many places and were surprised to discover a long hair stuck in a torn coffee leaf.

Suspecting signs of a crime, the police expanded the search area and discovered many blood stains on the coffee irrigation pipe, next to a large avocado tree behind the level 4 house of Ms. Nghiem Thi Nhi (48 years old), also residing in village 9, Tan Thanh commune.

Continuing to verify and search, the authorities determined that Ms. Nghiem Thi Nhi had left her home since the afternoon of May 24. “As soon as we discovered the hair and blood stains, we determined that a murder had occurred and organized to expand the search area. However, because it was too dark, and in the coffee plantation, we could not see anything!..”, said an officer of Tan Thanh Commune Police.

Throughout the night of May 24, the police force assigned people to guard and protect the scene, while organizing a search for Nghiem Thi Nhi. At 5:00 a.m. on May 25, when the sky had just broken, the authorities discovered the burial place of Ms. Hoang Thi Vuong and her two grandchildren, Dam Duc Tien and Dam Thi Nguyen Thao. This location was about 50 meters from where the bloodstains were discovered.

Early the same morning, Nghiem Thi Nhi was also arrested by the police while hiding at a relative's house about 40km from the crime scene.

Initially, the suspect admitted to using a knife to kill all three victims. The reason was due to a previous conflict with Ms. Hoang Thi Vuong’s family.

Specifically, this subject stated that in 2018, Mr. Dam Van Quyet (Ms. Vuong's son, father of two young children) "filled in incorrect information on his ID card in the bank loan application" causing difficulties in borrowing capital, and that she had previously been suspected by Ms. Vuong's family of stealing a phone.

However, this is only the initial statement of the subject. The police are actively fighting to clarify further.

According to local people, Nghiem Thi Nhi is a private person, rarely interacting with people in the village. The conflict between Nghiem Thi Nhi's family and Hoang Thi Vuong's family was known to everyone in the village. However, everyone thought that the incident had been "peaceful", but unexpectedly, this tragic murder scene happened.