Female Tamkang University student found lying facedown in ditch in Taipei, drunk 16-year-old boy seen nearby
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/03/13
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Yuan’s mother (2nd from left), Yuan (front center).(Taipei Police Department photo)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The body of a female Tamkang University student was found lying facedown in a ditch in a riverside park in Taipei’s Shilin District this morning, and a drunk 16-year-old boy was seen sprawled in a nearby field in a highly intoxicated state, reports Liberty Times.
A 16-year-old boy surnamed Yuan (袁) had been missing from his home for several days. When his mother went to search for him, she found him passed out in a riverside park under Bailing Bridge in Taipei’s Shilin District.
When his mother approached Yuan, she found several beer cans discarded by his side. As she prepared to help him on his feet to head back home, she was suddenly shocked to see a corpse floating in a ditch several meters away.
She immediately called the police and when they arrived on the scene, they were able to identify her as a 25-year-old woman surnamed Wei (魏). Police then notified Wei’s relatives in Taoyuan, but because Yuan was heavily drunk and suspected of having taken drugs, they decided to wait until he sobered up to investigate the nature of their relationship and why she had drowned in the ditch. [FULL STORY]
