A 63-year-old man who allegedly stabbed to death a married couple was said to have no records indicating that he suffered from a mental illness, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) yesterday said.
Based on a preliminary investigation, the only medical record found on the suspect, identified by his last name Wu (吳), was treatment for general internal medicine, Chen said.
Wu was arrested in Pingtung County on Friday morning, hours after he had fled from the crime scene in Kaohsiung which involved a married couple who lived above him in an apartment building with their two young children in Lingya District (苓雅).
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Police found the husband, aged 36, and the wife, aged 35, dead when they arrived at the scene.
The suspect apparently managed to enter the victims’ residence and stabbed them to death in front of their children, reportedly over a noise dispute, police said.
The children, who are five and six years old, then sought help from the building’s security guard, telling the guard that their parents had been killed, police said.
During questioning, the man admitted to disposing of the clothes and knife used in the murders, police said.
The Kaohsiung Social Affairs Bureau disclosed that the couple’s children have been placed with relatives, under the supervision of social workers.
The suspect is currently being investigated by Kaohsiung prosecutors for alleged homicide.
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