Disturbing surveillance footage shows a man and his girlfriend walking back to their Seattle home with groceries in hand moments before he allegedly murdered her.
Prosecutors said Andy Chu, 26, confessed to strangling his 25-year-old girlfriend, Zoey Suyun He, who was visiting from Hawaii, before twisting her neck and holding her underwater in a bathtub while she was high on molly. KHON News reported.
The young woman’s battered body was found after a neighbor called the landlord when he saw water flooding Chu’s condo. When Seattle police and firefighters arrived, they made the sad discovery.
Chu had been captured on video leaving the townhouse in Lake City’s Olympic Hills neighborhood in the 3000 block of Northeast 133rd Street on Aug. 10, the day after the two were seen entering the property.
Friends took him to the University of Wisconsin Medical Center after he acted “erratically.” At the hospital, he allegedly attacked a nurse and was arrested.
King County prosecutors charged Chu with first-degree murder and felony assault after police said he told detectives he “may have been responsible for killing her.”
The victim, Zoey Suyun He, 25, had just arrived from Hawaii to see Chu. The couple had been dating since January and attended the same high school.
Andy Chu, 26, has been charged with the brutal murder of his girlfriend.
Video footage shows the couple arriving at Chu’s condominium with shopping bags on August 9.
The next day, Chu is seen leaving the condominium alone; he is reported to have a towel under his shirt.
Court documents revealed the chilling details leading up to the alleged attack.
A neighbor captured Chu on his Ring camera, which he provided to Seattle police.
It showed a timestamp of when the couple entered the condo on August 9. Northwest Asia Weekly reported.
The man told detectives they were carrying groceries and that he saw Chu leaving the condo alone the next morning.
When police and firefighters entered, they found a bathtub full of water and the bathroom sink open.
Police said she was found face up with a cut on her neck and “an ice pack on her throat.”
Officials added that there was also a small block placed behind her neck to support her head. They also noted that there was “no shower head on the pipe.”
Authorities said Chu told police he “has a memory” of strangling her, twisting her neck and holding her under water in the bathtub. Police said he said he thought he broke her neck and “remembered her nose was bleeding, which he wiped off.”
Chu also allegedly admitted to taking two molly pills and smoking marijuana while interacting with his girlfriend. Fox13 Seattle reported.
Pictured here in March on a balcony surrounded by lush foliage and blue-green waters.
Her distraught brother posted a touching tribute to his sister and wants justice for her.
He and Chu reportedly graduated from the same high school, President William McKinley High School, which he attended from 2012 to 2016.
The young woman, who was from Shanghai, China, studied at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and lived in Honolulu.
He worked at the Hawaii State Capitol during the 2022 legislative session, the House Communications Office said.
He told the detective that he started dating her in January and that she had just arrived in Seattle from Hawaii.
Devastated friends described her as a “good friend and daughter” who loved wearing makeup and spending time with friends and family.
They described the crime of her beautiful friend as ‘unforgivable’
Friends believe she may have gone to Seattle to visit Chu, as August 10 is Valentine’s Day in China, called Qixi Festival, a celebration of love and romance in Chinese culture.
The autopsy revealed severe trauma to the face, head, neck, chest, arms and legs, and “a large, heavy white ball lodged in her throat at the base of her tongue,” the outlet said.
Chu is being held on $5 million bail. It is unclear whether he has entered a plea at this time.