Suspect traced through surveillance footage, confesses to murder of old man after arrest
Taiwan News
Date: 2020/06/25
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Kaohsiung police arrest the suspect of the Love River dismemberment case. (Kaohsiung City Police Department photo)
The precinct said that the suspect, surnamed Luo (羅), who is unemployed, allegedly strangled the 80-year-old victim, surnamed Wang, after Luo's attempts to borrow money from Wang failed, CNA reported. The suspect dismembered the victim, placing the body in two duffel bags before tossing them into the Love River on June 22.
Weng Shi-min (翁士閔), chief of the Criminal Investigation Squad at the precinct, said at a press conference on Thursday that officers working on the case assumed the suspect dumped the body deep in the night. Therefore, they paid extra attention to the late-night surveillance footage around the spot where the body was found.
While reviewing the video, police locked in on a man riding a scooter and acting suspiciously in the wee hours of June 22. They then tracked down Luo, 60, to the city's Lingya District, arresting him around 2 a.m. Thursday. [FULL STORY]
