A man who fled with his sister-in-law after killing his mother and girlfriend was arrested 33 years later
Jun 09, 2025
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According to the South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong media outlet, on July 22, 1992, Li, then 29, killed his mother and 17-year-old girlfriend with a kitchen knife in a village in Weiyuan County, Sichuan Province, China.
He then fled, but police were unable to locate him due to limitations in communications and technology at the time.
Meanwhile, the police, who were reviewing last year's incident, found an unexpected fact. Two months after Lee fled, his brother-in-law Koo suddenly disappeared. My brother did not report her disappearance to the police because the marital relationship was not smooth.
Rumors circulated in the village that Lee and his brother-in-law Koo had an affair in the past.
During the re-investigation, the police, who thought it was suspicious, found out while investigating Koo's family that she visited the family in 2013 and said she had a son and daughter, but did not reveal her residence.
Police later tracked down the mobile phone number used by Koo, which concluded that she was likely to live in Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province.
Based on the testimony of the villagers, the police approached the couple and collected the cigarette butts that Lee threw away and conducted a DNA test.
Prosecutors confirmed that he was the culprit of the murder 33 years ago.
Lee, who was arrested, claimed in a police investigation that his girlfriend demanded a large amount of money from his mother at the time and threatened to end the relationship if he did not give it.
He also said he accidentally killed his mother while trying to stab his girlfriend.
He was so exhausted during his escape. I don't know how many years it's been, I forgot my ID number and even my original name""Life has been so hard so far. I feel rather relieved that I can finally end this hard life."
Lee said he had been hiding in a nearby mountain for two months after the murder, and his brother-in-law Koo frequently brought him food.
He offered Koo to run away with him, which she accepted.
Currently, Lee is charged with the crime of intentional murder, and it is unclear whether his brother-in-law Koo will face legal punishment.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
