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Police find body of missing woman, arrest husband

Pingtung police yesterday found the body of a woman who went missing early last month and arrested her former husband on suspicion of murder.

The suspect, Huang Ching-po (黃清波), 46, last month invited his ex-wife Chen Mei-ying (陳美穎), 45, to travel with him and killed her during the trip, officials alleged.

Chen's body was found yesterday afternoon 600m down in a valley near the Central Cross-Island Highway.

A Pingtung police officer, Wei Ping-nan (魏炳南), said that the victim's sister told police on March 5 that Chen had been missing since going on a trip with her ex-husband on March 2.

She told police that Huang owed Chen some money and they often quarreled about the matter. She said she suspected Huang had hurt her sister.

She also told police that Huang, a cook, married her sister, a polio sufferer, four years ago.

On March 12, police questioned Huang, who denied meeting up with his ex-wife last month.

Chen's sister then told police that Chen and Huang had met at the Guanmiao (關廟) Service Area on the Formosa Freeway, and then traveled together in a car.

Police followed this tip by checking security cameras around the service area and saw a video shot of Huang pushing a wheelchair to help Chen into a restroom at the service area on March 2.

Last Thursday, Huang was summoned for questioning again and finally admitted he pushed his wife down a valley near the highway, Wei said.

Huang told police that he and Chen had arrived at the service area in separate cars, and then traveled in a single vehicle to the mountain highway, Wei said.

The police officer added that Huang admitted to putting sleeping pills into Chen's drinks, hoping she would fell asleep but that she was still awake late that evening.

At around 3am on March 3, Huang allegedly dragged Chen out of the car and pushed her down the valley. Huang then drove her car some distance and pushed it off the highway, waited for about 10 minutes and then threw Chen's bags and clothes down as well, Wei said.

Police on Friday found the abandoned car and Chen's belongings, he said.

Chen's sister told police although Chen was handicapped, she earned good money from operating a lottery shop in Pingtung and working as an insurance broker.

She said Huang had often asked Chen for large amounts of money during their marriage.
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