快讯:薛乃印今晨被美国警方在亚特兰大逮捕(视频)
倍可亲(backchina.com) 涉嫌杀妻弃女的新西兰华裔男子薛乃印于当地时间早六点半在美国亚特兰大落网被捕。
美国警方表示，上周接获报告，指薛乃印在德克萨斯州、密西西比州及阿拉巴马出现，开一辆蓝色福特雷鸟车。但警方未能将其抓获。
2007年9月16日，薛乃印把他三岁的女儿薛千寻抛弃在人流繁忙的澳洲墨尔本南十字星火车站后不久，新西兰警察随即找到了他妻子刘安安的尸体。薛乃印则潜逃至美国，之后美国警方一直试图抓获他。
薛乃印多次露面密州 警方眼皮下溜掉
据新西兰媒体报导，涉嫌杀妻弃女的新西兰华裔男子薛乃印在美国密西西比州曾数次露面。2月24日晚薛乃印又出现在一家杂货店，但他在警方赶到前再次逃离。
去年年底，薛乃印被发现曾在德克萨斯州隐藏。美国联邦执法局官员2月24日透露说，密西西比警方曾在1月1日和1月5日两次将其截住，检查其驾驶车辆的牌照。
联邦执法局官员说，当时薛乃印正驾驶着一辆在德州注册的福特雷鸟车，注册的车主是“王龙”(Long Wang)，这也是薛乃印使用的许多别名之一。
1月5日薛乃印在墨西西州境内第二次被高速公路巡警截住时，巡警曾与薛乃印有过对话，但由于当时警方并未在该州发出追捕他的通缉令，便把他放走了。
密西西比警方发言人表示，现在警方已将薛乃印列入追捕系统，下次再截住他一定会将其逮捕。
2月24日晚薛乃印再次在该州露面，这一次他出现在一家杂货店，并被一名店员认了出来，然后打电话向警方报警，但最后他还是在警方赶到前逃走了。
警方发言人说，这个店员曾试图拖住薛乃印，但未成。
据负责追捕薛乃印的美国联邦执法局官员2月22日透露，去年10月，杀人嫌犯薛乃印曾在德克萨斯州露面。今年1月，他又在密西西比州出现过。薛乃印两次露面时都开着一辆蓝色美国车。
警方称，目前追缉薛乃印并将其逮捕归案的关键线索，就是找到他所驾驶的蓝色福特牌雷鸟轿车(Thunderbird)，其德州车牌号为：W56KCK。休斯顿警方称，薛乃印与这台1996款雷鸟车有着一些联系。
休斯顿联邦执法分局负责人向美国和澳大利亚媒体透露说，去年10月份薛乃印在休斯顿露面，“我们确信他至少在此停留了一个月，或者更长时间。”
警方称，种种迹象显示，薛已驾车穿过美国南部地区向美东地区逃窜。为此，洛杉矶联邦执法官员2月22日呼吁公众提供有关薛乃印的线索。
2007年9月16日，薛乃印把他三岁的女儿薛千寻抛弃在人流繁忙的澳洲墨尔本南十字星火车站后不久，新西兰警察随即找到了他妻子刘安安的尸体。
英文报道:
Pumpkin's father caught
Pumpkin's fugitive father - a martial arts exponent - was "hogtied" and had his pants pulled down to his ankles by members of the American-Chinese community before police arrested him in the United States.
Xue Nai Yin, 54, was captured and subdued him at an apartment building in Georgia overnight after locals recognised him.
Police chief Marc Johnson said police had received a phone call from a person at an apartment complex, saying they had a murder suspect in custody.
When police arrived, they found Xue in the custody of five males and one female.
"They had basically taken his pants and tied his legs up and taken his belt off and tied his hands up, so he was very much in custody by the time our officers got to the scene," he said.
"They had seen his and his daughter's picture in a Chinese newspaper and recognised him and took matters into their own hands."
Xue 'put up fight'
Xue put up a fight when first apprehended and initially denied being the wanted man.
However, he admitted his identity after being shown the newspaper photograph, Mr Johnson said.
Police later found his New Zealand driver's licence in his pocket.
Those who captured Xue should be rewarded, he said.
"They recognised somebody and how important it was, and took actions in their own hands without letting him get away," Mr Johnson said.
"There was a struggle, they were not very happy with what he had done."
Xue had now been transferred to the Dekalb County Jail where he will be held until US Marshals take him into custody.
"They [the US Marshals] have indicated that may be a couple of days before they do that and start the extradition process," he said.
New Zealand might seek extradition
Los Angeles detective Federico Sicard said he expected New Zealand authorities to seek his extradition through a provisional arrest warrant.
Detective Senior Sergeant Simon Scott, the officer in charge of the investigation, said he was delighted with the news.
The details of Mr Xue's return to New Zealand - to face trial for murder - would be worked out in coming weeks, police said.
The website of the TV show America's Most Wanted reported that a group of Chinese-Americans spotted the man and they recognised him as an accused killer after they saw his image on the program.
A fight broke out and despite Xue's claims of being a Tai Chi master, they were able to bring him down and "hog-tie" him.
Five-month international manhunt
The arrest ended a five-month international manhunt of Xue.
Mr Xue is wanted in connection with the death of his wife, Anan Liu, 27, whose body was found in the boot of their family car outside their home in suburban Auckland on September 18 last year, days after she disappeared. Her daughter was found wandering in the concourse of Melbourne's Southern Cross railway station.
Xue Qian Xun, 3, who was nicknamed 'Pumpkin' by Victorian social workers, was abandoned on September 15. Close circuit television footage shown her father, Mr Xue, leaving her at the station.
Her father then travelled to Los Angeles in the United States. A manhunt has been underway for his arrest since this time.
US Marshals said last week there had been a sightings of Mr Xue in Texas, Mississippi and Alabama.
He was reportedly travelling in a blue Ford Thunderbird car, stuff.co.nz reported.
Caught after being in hiding
Last week US Marshals said they believed that Xue had been hiding on America's Gulf Coast region since October.
A 200-strong taskforce had been hunting for Xue. Headed by the US Marshals, it also included two sheriff's departments, the Los Angeles Police Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the California Department of Corrections.
America's Most Wanted told viewers Xue had "left a trail of heartbreak and death Down Under".
Security camera footage showed Xue offering a double thumbs up as he passed through security screening at Melbourne Airport after abandoning his daughter.
The program speculated that he might have been trying to make a living in the United States by teaching martial arts.
Los Angeles Police said Mr Xue spent his first night in the US in a cheap motel in the city's Chinatown, but he checked out the next morning, September 16.
New Zealand police had posted a $NZ10,000 ($8,721) reward for information leading to Xue's capture.
Pumpkin in China
Pumpkin has been living with her grandmother, Xiao Ping Liu, in southern China since she was abandoned.
In December Ms Liu spoke about her granddaughter.
"She has taken quite a while to settle down to the current stage," Ms Liu said at the time.
"Quite often she thinks of something in the past. Anything which might disturb her would probably be negative for her," she said.
"Her recent situation is pretty good. She has just started going to kindergarten and she is generally happy.
"Sometimes she is still a bit depressed and she is still surrounded by a shadow when she remembers the past.
"But she is going well."
- with Ian Munro and Arjun Ramachandran
Five-month international manhunt
The arrest ended a five-month international manhunt of Xue.
Mr Xue is wanted in connection with the death of his wife, Anan Liu, 27, whose body was found in the boot of their family car outside their home in suburban Auckland on September 18 last year, days after she disappeared. Her daughter was found wandering in the concourse of Melbourne's Southern Cross railway station.
Xue Qian Xun, 3, who was nicknamed 'Pumpkin' by Victorian social workers, was abandoned on September 15. Close circuit television footage shown her father, Mr Xue, leaving her at the station.
Her father then travelled to Los Angeles in the United States. A manhunt has been underway for his arrest since this time.
US Marshals said last week there had been a sightings of Mr Xue in Texas, Mississippi and Alabama.
He was reportedly travelling in a blue Ford Thunderbird car, stuff.co.nz reported.
Caught after being in hiding
Last week US Marshals said they believed that Xue had been hiding on America's Gulf Coast region since October.
A 200-strong taskforce had been hunting for Xue. Headed by the US Marshals, it also included two sheriff's departments, the Los Angeles Police Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the California Department of Corrections.
America's Most Wanted told viewers Xue had "left a trail of heartbreak and death Down Under".
Security camera footage showed Xue offering a double thumbs up as he passed through security screening at Melbourne Airport after abandoning his daughter.
The program speculated that he might have been trying to make a living in the United States by teaching martial arts.
Los Angeles Police said Mr Xue spent his first night in the US in a cheap motel in the city's Chinatown, but he checked out the next morning, September 16.
New Zealand police had posted a $NZ10,000 ($8,721) reward for information leading to Xue's capture.
Pumpkin in China
Pumpkin has been living with her grandmother, Xiao Ping Liu, in southern China since she was abandoned.
In December Ms Liu spoke about her granddaughter.
"She has taken quite a while to settle down to the current stage," Ms Liu said at the time.
"Quite often she thinks of something in the past. Anything which might disturb her would probably be negative for her," she said.
"Her recent situation is pretty good. She has just started going to kindergarten and she is generally happy.
"Sometimes she is still a bit depressed and she is still surrounded by a shadow when she remembers the past.
"But she is going well."
- with Ian Munro and Arjun Ramachandran
