Kaohsiung police yesterday arrested a man on suspicion of raping a schoolteacher.
The suspect Wang Shih-chieh (汪世傑), 28, was lurking in a basement parking lot in Kaohsiung County on the evening of March 20, when he allegedly forced an elementary school teacher who had just parked her car to return to her car at knifepoint, Kaohsiung County police officer Lee Pi-chao (李碧昭) told a press conference yesterday.
Lee said that Wang, with the knife still in his hand, then covered the victim's eyes and mouth, tied her hands and legs with tape and drove to a motel in Kaohsiung County, where he was alleged to have raped the victim.
He said the suspect then forced the victim to hand over her ATM cards and the PIN numbers for them.
Wang used three different ATM machines to take NT$60,000 in cash from the victim's accounts, but as he did so the victim managed to free herself from the car and escape, Lee said.
Lee said the victim then ran to a hospital nearby to receive an examination and medical treatment.
Police said they had recovered the suspect's sperm from the teacher's body and seven of his fingerprints were found on the tape.
Police, having identified the suspect, yesterday morning arrested Wang when he arrived at his mother's home in Kaohsiung.
Lee said Wang admitted that he committed the crime.
He told police that he had planned to kidnap anyone passing through the parking lot and ask for a ransom, but when he saw a good-looking woman he changed his plan.
The police said Wang had admitted he drove the victim to a motel and raped her.
Wang, being unemployed, had often idled around the community where he lived, Lee said.
Kaohsiung District Court yesterday ordered Wang's detention.
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