Chae An is accused of attacking his soon-to-be ex-wife Young An. The divorce is contested, they had been arguing over money. He allegedly “tied her up with duct tape, stabbed her, and buried her alive in a 19-inch-deep hole in the woods.”
One camera caught him speeding past a police car – with the victim tied up with duct tape in the back, police confirmed to Fox News Digital.
The cruiser was on the way to Young An’s home in response to a muffled 911 call, also obtained by Fox News Digital, which had been placed by the hogtied and gagged victim through her Apple Watch. The responding officer was unaware at the time of the suspect vehicle’s description or that there had been an abduction, a Lacey Police Department spokeswoman said, and at the end of the recording, his voice can be heard on the line as he enters the home.
“The dispatch was an ‘unknown trouble call,’” Sgt. Shannon Barnes explained Wednesday. “So he had no information about anything he was walking into.”
He walked into Young An’s home just minutes after the alleged abduction. Her husband allegedly smashed the watch off her wrist with a hammer, according to court documents, but the call remained active.
Though Young An was bound and gagged and wasn’t able to talk, the dispatcher knew something had to be wrong and sent the police to her home.
“I’m gonna get help started for you – hold on for a second,” the dispatcher says, in response to muffled screaming. She reads out Young An’s address, asking if that’s where she is and if she’s in trouble.
Through the gag, the victim says something that sounds like “Yes.” The dispatcher attempts to reassure Young An throughout the call. “I’m still here,” she says, promising to stay on the line until officers arrive.
Young An was able to crawl out of the hole in which she was buried alive. She ran through the woods for half an hour and found someone who helped her and called 911. The first police officer to respond found her hiding behind a shed.
“When Young realized the deputy was law enforcement, she sprinted at them, screaming and crying for help,” according to the probable cause statement. “She grabbed onto the deputy frantically and said, ‘My husband is trying to kill me. Help me.’”
Six hours later they later found Chae An in the woods near the grave he had dug for his wife. He has been arrested and is being held without bail. He had pled not guilty “to charges of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree domestic violence kidnapping and first-degree domestic violence assault Tuesday.”
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