Family of 4 found dead inside taxi in apparent murder-suicide in Taichung, Taiwan
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/02/20
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Taxi found at the scene. (Taichung Police Department photo)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A family of four was found dead inside a taxi in western Taiwan’s Taichung City on Monday (Feb. 18) after they apparently asphyxiated from inhaling charcoal smoke, reported Liberty Times.
On Monday morning, firefighters found the bodies of a 32-year-old man surnamed Wu (吳), his 34-year-old wife surnamed Peng (彭), the couple’s nine-year-old son, and their six-year-old daughter inside a taxi in Taichung City’s Taiping District. Police found that charcoal had been burned inside the vehicle and Peng’s hands had been bound with transparent tape, while the two children were found lying in the back seat.
Wu and Peng had reportedly been suffering martial conflict and had recently separated, with Peng moving in with her mother. On Sunday morning (Feb. 17), Peng left from her mother’s home and drove her scooter with their children to meet Wu to discuss their divorce, but she never returned. Peng’s family then reported to police that she was missing.
At 9 a.m. Monday morning, a member of the public found the taxi (owned by Wu’s father) parked in an open area next to Beitian Road in the Tou-Bian mountainous area of Taiping District. When they approached the vehicle, they found two people lying unconscious in the front with the windows and doors tightly sealed. [FULL STORY]
