A man has been detained as a suspect in case in which a woman who reported a sexual assault was later found dead in the Tamsui River (淡水河) in New Taipei City, prosecutors said on Thursday.
The 23-year-old deceased, whose name has not been revealed, reported to Sanchong (三重) Police Precinct on Tuesday last week that she had been sexually assaulted, police said.
After filing a report, a female police officer accompanied the woman to a hospital to administer a rape kit and take her statement.
Photo: Wang Ting-chuan, Taipei Times
The mother of the deceased told officers that her daughter contemplated suicide after making the report, police said.
The mother said she last spoke to her daughter on Wednesday last week, and she filed a missing person’s report after being unable to contact her, they said.
The woman’s body was found on Saturday last week after local residents reported seeing a body floating along the shoreline of the Tamsui River, near a riverside bicycle path that runs parallel to Sanchong’s Huanhe N Road, police said.
Crime scene investigators did not identify any visible injuries on the body, police added.
After taking statements from family members, police said the body was transferred to the New Taipei City District Prosecutors’ Office for further examination.
An autopsy was to take place yesterday to determine the cause of death, the office said.
A man surnamed Hung (洪) was taken into police custody on Tuesday in relation to the sexual assault report, police said.
Hung maintained his innocence throughout questioning and on Wednesday was handed over to the New Taipei City District Prosecutors’ Office on suspicion of sexual offenses and intimidation.
Hung would likely need to answer to charges of sexual assault, prosecutors told the court, adding that the suspect has an incentive to destroy evidence if released.
Prosecutors were on Thursday granted the power to detain Hung and hold him incommunicado, which they can do for two months.
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