Murder suspect Chen Chin-huo (陳金火), who admitted that he killed a female insurance agent and ate parts of her body, is not suffering from a mental disorder, psychiatrists said yesterday.
"He hates the world but he is not crazy," said Chen Jo-chang (陳若璋), a National Dong Hwa University professor and spokesman for a group of psychiatrists who did an evaluation of the suspect.
Chen Chin-huo was indicted on Feb. 6 on a charge of murder for allegedly raping and killing the 28-year-old insurance agent, Shih Chin-chi (
Taichung Judges Hsu Hsu-sheng (許旭聖) and Lee Chiu-chuan (李秋娟) yesterday led a team of police officers to Chen Chin-huo's residence to dig up his septic tank. They discovered at least 10 body parts, allegedly from Shih's corpse, Shih's identification cards, her underwear, her pants, her purse and a razor that was allegedly used by Chen Chin-huo and an intern at his motorcyle shop, Kwang Teh-chiang (廣德強), to chop up Shih's body.
"The clothes and identification cards were identified by the victim's parents".
"However, we need to do more forensic tests on the razor and the alleged pieces of Shih's corpse to determine whether they are related to the murder," Hsu said.
"Chen Chin-huo told us that he dropped Shih's belongings into the septic tank. He apparently did not lie about this," he said.
During an earlier conversation with Chen Jo-chang, Chen Chin-huo allegedly told her, "I ate human flesh before, but this time it was not that yummy, so I decided to dump the rest of the meat, along with Shih's personal belongings, into the septic tank."
Chen Chin-huo and Kwang allegedly raped and killed Shih on Dec. 7 last year, when Shih visited Chen Chin-huo for business.
Shih's body was discovered in the water tank of Chen Chin-huo's townhouse in Taichung County, where he runs the motorcycle shop.
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