Police yesterday announced a nationwide manhunt for Chang Jui-nan (張瑞男), a 39-year-old man who is believed to have murdered his parents and allegedly tried to kill his wife and three children.
“We need him to help with our inquiries and answer questions pertaining to the two cases,” said Chiu Pei-lung (邱沛龍), chief for Taoyuan County Police Department's Bade Precinct.
Hu Chih-biao (胡志標), an official with Chiayi County's Chungpu Precinct, said a preliminary police investigation suggested that Chang, who recently lost his job as a chef, killed his parents because they were unable or unwilling to lend him money to cover debts resulting from poor investments.
Police also discovered that Chang's parents-in-law were pushing for Chang's youngest son to take his mother’s surname, something that might also have caused him to be annoyed at his wife.
Police reported that a phone call was received at 3:40am yesterday from a man who identified himself as Chang’s younger brother. He said that Chang called him and told him he had killed their parents who lived in Chiayi.
Chang is reported to have said that he killed his parents by drugging them with sleeping pills and then burning charcoal with all the windows and doors sealed. He also indicated he planned to commit suicide. Chang's brother called the police for help after discovering his parents' bodies.
When Bade Precinct was contacted by Chungpu Precinct to help search for Chang, officers broke into his residence in Bade city at 4:30am, where they discovered his wife, daughter and two sons unconscious and a barrel of charcoal still burning.
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