Police in China arrest man carrying bloodstained luggage containing the dead body of a woman
- The victim was identified as a 19-year-old woman, a colleague of the accused at a local KTV bar
- The accused fled the scene after the cab driver called the police and was later arrested after allegedly stealing clothing and food
A man has been arrested in eastern China after a cab driver reported him to the police when he tried to board the cab with bloodstained luggage which was later found to contain the body of a woman.
Police in Taihe county in Jiangxi southeast China announced on Wednesday that the suspect, Xie Lei, had been apprehended in a residential community in nearby Jian county, not far from where he is alleged to have killed the woman and hidden her body in the luggage.
It is the latest development in a gruesome case that has shocked China over the past few days.
According to the police statement, after Xie hailed a taxi early Tuesday morning in a downtown area of Taihe county, the driver became suspicious while helping him lift his bag into the cab’s boot and noticed it was heavy, smelled foul, and had bloodstains on the surface.
Seeing the driver call the police, Xie fled the scene and left the bag behind.
On the same day, police offered a 30,000 yuan (US$4,643) reward for any information that could help them catch the suspect.