Suspect Tai Van Quy (39 years old, residing in Na Hoi commune, Bac Ha district, Lao Cai province), Vice Principal of Ta Van Chu commune's Ethnic Boarding Primary and Secondary School, confessed to murdering the young teacher out of jealousy.
According to police documents, at around 10:40 p.m. on January 21, Tai Van Quy attended a birthday party of a teacher from the same school held at Ta Van Chu Commune Primary and Secondary Boarding School.
At that meal, Mr. Vang Van B. (32 years old, residing in Bac Ha town), a school teacher, sat next to the victim, Ms. NLT (29 years old) and had intimate gestures with each other, so Quy became jealous.
While drinking, Mr. B. told Quy that he loved T., which made Quy even angrier. After the birthday party, Ms. T. went into Quy's room and told Quy to go outside to talk.
The two walked to a wooded hill about 1 km from the school to talk. There, they argued and struggled with each other. Quy forced Ms. T. to lie down on the ground, stuffed her shirt into T.’s mouth, and used both hands to cover her mouth and nose.
A moment later, when he saw Ms. T. no longer struggling, Quy let go and took the shirt out of the victim's mouth. After checking, he found that Ms. T. was dead, so Quy tried to find a way to get rid of the evidence.
After hiding the body, Quy rode his motorbike into Coc De village (Ban Me commune, Si Ma Cai district) and hid on the hill.
At around 8:00 a.m. on January 24, Quy went to Ta Van Chu Commune Police to surrender and confessed to all his crimes.
Bac Ha District Police are coordinating with relevant agencies to complete and consolidate records, documents, and evidence to resolve the case according to regulations.
HA (according to Vietnamnet)