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Woman in Changhua County Stabs ex-Husband and Teen Daughter to Death

Ms Wu walks into a police station and tells the officer she has killed someone
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A woman in Changhua County attacked her husband with a fruit knife, and stabbed her daughter when she came to her father’s defense in the early hours of the morning today, December 7. Both victims were declared dead after being rushed to hospital. Ms. Wu, 40, of Indonesian nationality, was divorced from her 41 year-old husband, but still lived with him and his parents in Puhsin Township. According to Ms Wu’s confession to police, Wu decided to murder her husband

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University Student Murdered on Campus: Cleaner Confesses

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Police arrested a suspect this morning, after the body of a woman was found at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan City last night, October 28. Schoolmates of Ms Chen, 24, had gone to a room on the 4th floor of the School of Social Sciences to discuss research papers at around 1:00pm. They found that Chen, second-year post-graduate student, had arrived before them and put her things in the room. However, Chen did not show up for the meeting.

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Minor Traffic Accident leads to Murder Investigation after Corpse found in Car

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The driver of a car that crashed into a guardrail on National Highway 6 in Nantou County was arrested today, after police detected the smell of a decomposing body in the car, and found the corpse of a female in the rear luggage compartment. At around 10:00am this morning, emergency services received a call from the public that a car had crashed into the guardrail in the westbound lane of the highway near the Puli Interchange. Highway police were dispatched

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Woman’s Remains Found in New Taipei City Mountains after Man Confesses to Murder

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[Picture: UDN] Police today found the remains of a 30 year-old missing woman after a 37 year-old man confessed yesterday, that he had killed her, cut up her body, and disposed of the remains on Yangming Mountain (Yangmingshan: 陽明山) earlier this month. According to media reports today, June 18, an archery instructor named Chen had met a woman named Gao just over one month ago while he was giving lessons at his studio in the Huashan arts and culture park.

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Man Who Harbored Murder Suspect Claims Innocence because Media Hides Suspect Faces

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A homeowner who allowed a man suspected to have shot a young soldier to death in Pingtung County claimed that he didn’t know the man was the suspect killer because news media blurred the face of the suspect in TV news reports. Hong Weizhi was arrested during a raid on a residence in Shanhua township, Tainan, at around 6:00am this morning, June 6. When the suspect was rudely awoken from his sleep, he shouted: “I surrender, I surrender. Please don’t

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Debt Collector Shot and Killed in Tainan City

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A man who showed up to a property in Tainan City armed with baseball bats, to menace a debtor, died after he was shot 10 times by the debtor. The 36 year old man named Chen pulled up outside a privately owned shrine in Annan District in the early hours of the morning with accomplices. The men were armed with baseball bats, and apparently intended to menace the 41 year-old owner of the shrine, Mr Huang. However, Huang picked up

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Remains of Missing Woman found Buried in Bags

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Police in Banciao District, New Taipei City, found seven plastic bags containing body parts buried in the garden of a building complex while investigating a missing person’s case, it was widely reported in Taiwan’s media today. A 27 year-old woman, named Huang, was reported missing by family members on May 26, after they failed to make contact with her for around one week. Ms Huang’s brother believed that she was being held against her will by her 28 year-old boyfriend

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Taoyuan Man Arrested for Killing and Dismembering Wife

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A man was arrested in Taoyuan after his daughter found her mother’s head and other body parts distributed in bags and boxes in a house in Taoyuan City yesterday, May 26. Yesterday, at around noon, the couple’s daughter visited the house and was shocked to find a pool of blood on the floor of the bathroom on the second floor. Her father, Mr Chen, told her that he had cut his foot. Later the same day, the daughter returned to

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Vigilantes Attack Home of Murder Suspect After Rumors he is Released on Bail

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Changhua City: Crowds gathered around the home of a man suspected to have sexually assaulted and murdered his 5 year old niece, while a vigilante group vandalized and broke into the house after rumors circulated on social media that the man had been released on bail. The suspect, who has not been named in media reports, was charged with attempted murder, after a girl was taken to a hospital after being beaten into a coma May 23. The charge was

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Grandson Confesses to Grisly Triple-Murder

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[Cover picture: United Daily News] A 39 year-old man in Tainan City used a hammer to murder three elderly relatives on May 10, then robbed them, and handed the money over to a creditor, before going to bed, according to a confession given to police early this morning. Mr Guo, had dinner with his widowed grandmother, then sneaked into his great-aunt and uncles house next door to steal money. Guo’s great-uncle caught him in the act and cursed him with

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Police Investigating Triple Murder in Tainan

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Three people in two neighboring houses in the rural Nanhua District of Tainan City were found bludgeoned to death yesterday evening, May 11. Two occupants in one of the homes, and a single occupant of the neighboring residence were found laying in pools of blood with blunt trauma injuries to their heads, according to reports, including United Daily News. Both homes appeared to have been rummaged through, giving the appearance that robbery may have been the motive for the crime.

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