Several pieces of human remains in a Kaohsiung river and nearby docks have been identified as belonging to missing women believed to have been killed and dismembered by a 73-year-old man, local police said.
The man, surnamed Chang (張), was yesterday taken back to his residence in Cianjhen District (前鎮) to clarify how the alleged murders took place, after blood samples collected at his home last week matched DNA samples provided by family members of three previously reported missing women.
The human remains uncovered since Thursday last week have been identified as those of a 71-year-old woman surnamed Chao (趙) and a 75-year-old woman surnamed Chang (張), who is not related to the suspect, Kaohsiung Police Commissioner Lin Yen-tien (林炎田) said on Sunday.
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The third blood sample was found to belong to the suspect’s 75-year-old sister-in-law, who is surnamed Huang (黃), local police said.
Chao’s family reported the woman as missing on Monday last week, and surveillance footage showed that Chao gave Chang a ride on her scooter the day before to his residence, where she was last seen.
Cameras also showed Chang leaving his residence 12 times from 6am to 10am on Monday last week. On five of those occasions, Chang was carrying black plastic bags, the contents of which he dumped in a river.
The police questioned Chang on Tuesday last week and arrested him the following day in connection with the death of Chao (趙). Forensics found blood samples collected in his residence matched the missing women.
The local district court on Friday granted prosecutors’ motion to detain the suspect.
Meanwhile, the Kaohsiung City Police Department Criminal Investigation Corps yesterday said that a small piece of suspected human remains had been found and sent to the police department’s Forensic Science Center the same day.
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