People rowing boats to collect nets on the Tra Buong River discovered a woman’s body submerged underwater, and from here a horrifying case was uncovered.
According to the case file, on the evening of May 7, 2007, Ms. Tu Thi Suong, residing in Thanh Duc village, Xuan Quang 3 commune, Dong Xuan mountainous district, went to Ms. Mai Thi Kim Trang’s house in the neighboring village to find a sugarcane seller. tree. However, throughout the night this woman disappeared and disappeared, causing family members and neighbors to search in many places. (Illustration photo, internet source)
At about 6 a.m. the next morning (May 8), while Mr. Le Van Tham – a local farmer was rowing a fishing boat to collect fishing nets on the Tra Buong River, he discovered Ms. Suong’s body submerged underwater with Many signs suggest a murder. The victim’s head and face had many scratches due to external forces, and his neck was bruised and hematoma was caused by strangulation.
Received information from Xuan Quang 3 Commune Police, a working group coordinating criminal detectives, investigators, technical officers of the Social Security Crime Investigation Department, and the Criminal Technology Department of Phu Yen Provincial Police. and Dong Xuan District Police and forensic doctors conducted a scene examination, an autopsy, and collected information and evidence related to the death of Ms. Tu Thi Suong. (Illustration photo, internet source)
Through examination, investigators determined that the place where the victim’s body was found was a fake scene, so they had to expand the scene to the inter-commune road along the Tra Buong river. As a result, someone dropped a dark frilly hat with the word HOT printed on the shore. Many blades of grass in this area were crushed, and there were many horizontal and vertical trampled footprints on the ground, which proved that before being strangled, the victim had struggled to find a way to escape the murderer’s grasp. defense. (Illustration photo, internet source)
Another notable detail is that two gold rings on the victim’s hands were removed. Determining that this was a murder to rob property, criminal scouts and investigators were ordered to localize and review the living relationships of criminal subjects and young men without stable careers in the area. Xuan Quang 3, Xuan Quang 2, Xuan Phuoc communes before, during and after the case. (Illustration photo, internet source)
Among the two suspects, Tran Quoc Tuan (residing in Thanh Duc village, Xuan Quang 3 commune) is suspect number 1. He is the subject who was twice sent to Reformatory School No. A1 education – Ministry of Public Security in Hoa Phu commune, Tay Hoa district, Phu Yen province, but when he returned to his family, he did not return to be good, but only liked to play, cause trouble with many people, and even beat his father. biological mother and became a drug addict. (Illustration photo, internet source)
A source said that on the afternoon of May 7, Tuan drank with some young people in Xuan Quang 3 and La Hai town, but by midnight that night he had “escaped” from the locality. Continuing to expand the investigation, it was determined that the frilly hat recovered at the crime scene was Tuan’s hat. Through information provided by the people and the Xuan Quang 3 Commune Police, scouts learned that Tuan has an older brother, Tran Quoc Toan, who is raising shrimp and fish in cages in Vung Ngang, Khanh Hoa. While working as a laborer in Vung Ngang, Tuan had a fight with a fisherman, so he had to flee the island. (Illustration photo, internet source)
Continuing to verify some of Tuan’s friends, the scouts learned that he was hiding at the house of Mr. Phan Ngoc Phong (born 1965), in village 6B, EaPal commune, EaKa district, Dak Lak province. Immediately, a working group set out to approach and explore Mr. Phong’s house. At dusk on May 29, scouts suddenly entered a brick factory to arrest the suspect. (Illustration photo, internet source)
Through the investigation, Tuan admitted that while attending the wedding of his brother, Tran Quoc Toan, on May 3, he saw Ms. Tu Thi Suong wearing two gold rings and planned to rob her to sell for money. used, but haven’t had a chance to use it yet. It wasn’t until 10:00 p.m. on May 8 that Tuan accidentally met Ms. Suong riding a bicycle on the road between La Hai – Xuan Phuoc commune, so he took the lead, punched the victim in the face, knocked the victim down on the side of the road, and then strangled her with his hand. Ms. Suong fainted. (Illustration photo, internet source)
After removing two gold rings, the perpetrator dragged the victim’s body and pushed it into the Tra Buong river to create a fake scene. That same night, the murderer went to Dak Lak, then to Gia Lai and then to Hai Phong, sold two rings for money and went to Lai Chau to invite a girlfriend to live in the South. On the way to Cam Ranh town, Khanh Hoa province, he changed direction to Dak Lak to hide, but his crime was exposed. (Illustration photo, internet source)