The American man who entered the house a week ago and killed Chinese students was finally caught.
The suspect was arrested a week after the murder.
On Friday night, September 21, local time, two Chinese students were killed and seriously injured in an apartment attack inside an apartment in Dallas, Texas.
According to the latest police news, the man responsible for the attack has been caught, 38-year-old Jeremy Todd Meeks.
Suspect, Jeremy Todd Meeks.
After being arrested, Meeks confessed to his crime: after the burglary was discovered, he assassinated a woman and then stabbed her roommate.
Where the victim was killed before he died.
Police officials said they arrested Meeks, on the night of Friday Sept. 28 for another robbery and found him involved in Friday`s murder of female Chinese students.
As the girl`s phone was taken away by the suspect after the murder, police traced the girl`s cell phone near a burglary scene, and security footage showed that Meeks was wearing the same clothes as the suspect in the murder. The police arrested him after questioning him.
Police said that the killed Chinese female students went out to walk their dogs before 8 p.m. on the 21st and were followed by Meeks when they returned home. Previously, Meeks had been trampling on the neighbors of the murdered girls, and this time it should be a temporary intention to break into the victim`s home.
Police say suspects are prison regulars.
After the arrest, the police found that the suspect is already a frequent prison visitor, is already a recidivist, has served three times for theft.
In 2001, he served time at the Texas Department of Corrections for theft, assault, evasion of arrest and burglary.
Seven years later in 2008, he was again charged with burglary and minor injury in Colin County.
In June 2016, he was sentenced to eight months in prison after he was convicted of theft in Dallas County.
And this is his fourth arrest. Currently, Meeks faces charges of first-degree murder and burglary. He is being held in Dallas County Prison for $505000 on bail.
Police said:
With many Chinese students living in Dallas, a community meeting is planned next week to remind girls living alone or living together what safety concerns should be.
Finally, the homepage sincerely hopes that the law can punish the murderer, and the victims a fair, but also hope that your friends overseas can pay attention to safety and protect themselves.
