Following the discovery of his girlfriend’s body inside his flooded home last Friday, with a golf ball in her mouth and a slashed throat, police detained a 25-year-old man.
In the Olympic Hills district of the city, at 3000 block of Northeast 133rd Street, officers were requested to perform a welfare check at a residence on August 10 at 10:22 a.m., according to the Seattle Police Department.
A deceased female was discovered inside by the Seattle Fire Department, who was also present. Andy Chu, a 25-year-old suspect, was apprehended by police and recognized by KOMO-TV. On August 15, the King County Prosecutor’s Office declared Chu will face charges of first-degree murder and third-degree assault.
The victim was named as Zoey Yun by a news outlet. On August 9, Chu and Yun, who was visiting from Hawaii, were observed entering Chu’s home.
On August 10, Chu was allegedly taken to the hospital by his pals because of a “crisis condition.” He claimed to have used marijuana and used ecstasy that day.
He is accused of groping a nurse at the hospital and hooking her neck in the back with his arm. This incident provides the basis for the assault charge.
According to court records, neighbors first contacted their landlord on August 10 after noticing water leaking from Chu’s house.
Yun was discovered inside the house by police and firefighters who reported seeing “an ice pack on her throat and a small block behind her neck, supporting her head.” It was alleged that the sink had been left running and the bathtub was full of water. There was a cut on her throat as well.
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Yun was said to have “possible dried blood on her arms, shoulders, and chest as well as a granular substance covering these areas.”
Chu reportedly told investigators that he “has a memory of holding her down underwater in the tub, twisting her neck, and choking her.” Following that, Chu allegedly “tried several things to revive her including sprinkling the açaí powder all over her [and] placing a ball similar to a golf ball in her mouth to fix her jaw.”
