A US national named as a key suspect in his ex-wife's death in the US last month has refused to talk with authorities as he awaits extradition to Vermont, police said yesterday.
William Kimmick, 36, turned himself in at the southern resort town of Kenting on Sunday. He is awaiting extradition at a detention center outside Taipei, police said.
"He refused to say anything about the case," a police officer said.
"He said he would only discuss it with US judicial authorities," the officer said.
A second officer said: "He has been calm so far, but we hope the US police can come as soon as possible to take him back. We're afraid he might get restless in the long detention."
US authorities haven't released the cause of death of Kathryn Kimmick, but have described it as "highly suspicious."
Vermont State Police Lieutenant David Tetrault said this week that the FBI office in Guam would arrange for Kimmick's extradition. He said he did not know how long the process would take.
Police in Kenting have said that Kimmick, who arrived in Taiwan on Jan. 25, turned himself in after he found out he would be barred from leaving because his passport had been revoked.
Last November, Kimmick moved into an apartment his ex-wife was sharing with their two sons in the town of Bethel in Vermont.
His ex-wife was last reported seen on Jan. 18 getting into the passenger side of a small red Plymouth, US authorities have said.
Kimmick was last seen on Jan. 20 leaving the apartment building carrying a knapsack, after seeing his sons off to school at a bus stop.
He phoned a neighbor later that day and asked him to pick up the boys from school because he had been delayed returning from an interview, police said.
The boys are now in the custody of Vermont's Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.
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