Last month, a barrel corpse case occurred at a factory in Shengang, Taichung. The body of the deceased was stuffed into an orange plastic barrel, which was appalling.

(Photo by reporter Zhang Xuanzhe)

[Reporter Zhang Xuanzhe/Taichung Report] In an idle factory on Dazhou Road, Shengang District, Taichung City, on October 26, a horrific barrel murder case was discovered. A male corpse was bound and stuffed into a barrel in a mummified manner. The body had been waxed.

The deceased was determined to be Chen Nan, a 49-year-old man who disappeared in 2019 and was engaged in the lending business.

Mrs. Chen's ex-girlfriend, Ms. Cai, was taken into custody last night.

The Fengyuan Police Station pointed out today that the case has gone through several months of evidence collection, investigation, and appraisal results. After investigation, the relationship between Chen Nan and the suspect is an ex-boyfriend. The two parties are suspected of having money and emotional disputes. After Chen Nan disappeared, The suspect deliberately created the illusion that Chen Nan was still alive in an attempt to delay the time for Chen Nan's family to report the crime, and Ms. Cai committed a serious crime.

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At noon on October 26, the Fengyuan Police Station received a report from a 60-year-old man surnamed Lin from the second landlord of the factory building. There was a foul smell in the factory building on Dazhou Road, Shengang District, and there was a dead body inside. The police rushed to the site and immediately sealed off the scene for investigation. , a corpse in a cement barrel was found in a plastic barrel. Due to the peeling of part of the cement, the left hand of the corpse wrapped in a blue plastic bag was exposed and waxed. There was a male watch on it. The death time was determined to be at least 2 years. The deceased It is a man surnamed Chen who disappeared in 2019. Because Cai Nv kept silent about the case, it made it more difficult for the police to handle the case, and the case fell into a stalemate for a while.

Fengyuan police pointed out that within 2 hours of the first time on October 26, the special task force immediately grasped the identity of the tenant of the factory building and the existence of the barrel corpse, and checked the items and evidence left on the scene to identify and verify the source, etc. After verifying and mastering the above-mentioned circumstances involved in the case, the identity of the person involved will be locked immediately.

Although this case has been happening for a long time, fortunately, the procuratorate and the police continued their unremitting and vigorous investigation, and finally arrested a suspect named Cai who was suspected of seriousness.