Macau Daily Times
A US national charged with murder over the strangling of his Vietnamese girlfriend died of an apparent suicide in a Cambodian hospital, local media reported yesterday.
Grant Kim Helling, 47, was found hanging dead Saturday in the bathroom at Phnom Penh's Monivong Hospital, the English-language Cambodia Daily newspaper reported.
The man was reportedly getting treatment for his legs, which he badly injured jumping from his first-floor balcony on February 22.
He was arrested that day when he allegedly set his Phnom Penh apartment on fire in an attempt to destroy his girlfriend's body.
When police searched his home they found the woman strangled with a coat hanger. Her hands were bound and her body was covered with a smoldering mattress and clothing.
Helling was charged with murder and faced life in prison if convicted.
He told authorities he had fought with the woman after accusing her of stealing money from him, police said.
Helling said he "covered the woman's nose and mouth with his hand until she fell unconscious. He did not know she was dead and then went out drinking," the police chief Mom Sitha said in March.
He discovered that she was dead after returning home, Mom Sitha said.
Local media reports said Helling reportedly hid the body in his apartment for several days before torching it and drawing the attention of his landlord, who notified the police.
Grant Kim Helling, 47, was found hanging dead Saturday in the bathroom at Phnom Penh's Monivong Hospital, the English-language Cambodia Daily newspaper reported.
The man was reportedly getting treatment for his legs, which he badly injured jumping from his first-floor balcony on February 22.
He was arrested that day when he allegedly set his Phnom Penh apartment on fire in an attempt to destroy his girlfriend's body.
When police searched his home they found the woman strangled with a coat hanger. Her hands were bound and her body was covered with a smoldering mattress and clothing.
Helling was charged with murder and faced life in prison if convicted.
He told authorities he had fought with the woman after accusing her of stealing money from him, police said.
Helling said he "covered the woman's nose and mouth with his hand until she fell unconscious. He did not know she was dead and then went out drinking," the police chief Mom Sitha said in March.
He discovered that she was dead after returning home, Mom Sitha said.
Local media reports said Helling reportedly hid the body in his apartment for several days before torching it and drawing the attention of his landlord, who notified the police.
3 comments:
Cambodian prison guard have killed the USA man ,got order from his master to kill.
PPL in phnom Penh
4:47 AM
you are a dumb fuck. He was in hospital, not prison. Apparently, you are so fucking dumb you can't even differentiate what is what. There is a place for people like you. It's called mental hospital. Check in there. They'll help you out.
This story has been so distorted it bears no resemblance to the truth - not even his age is correct! She wasn't strangled. It was a tragic accident and he panicked. He should have gotten help and didn't. He made a grave mistake and took his own life because the Cambodian legal system is corrupt and his life was ruined. Seek the truth and don't believe everything you read!
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