A recent tragedy in Tainan has captured widespread attention. A 29-year-old teacher, identified as Ms. Tsai, was tragically murdered by a 26-year-old church member, Mr. Liu, while she was teaching in a remote area of Hualien. According to investigations by ETtoday, Mr. Liu’s family background is quite complex; his mother is an adopted daughter who has been imprisoned for murder for the past seven years, while his grandmother has endured a lifetime of emotional turmoil.
Now 81 years old, Mr. Liu’s grandmother adopted Liu’s mother (now 42) when she was young. Liu’s mother had her first child, Mr. Liu, at the age of 16. Her life has been marred by legal troubles, including a five-month prison sentence in 2006 for violating the “Regulations Governing Relations Between People of Taiwan and Mainland China,” theft in 2008, and an eight-month sentence in 2010 for attempting to extort money from a neighbor. In 2011, she was sentenced to 90 days in detention for assaulting her adoptive mother, which deeply wounded her mother’s heart.
After enduring multiple conflicts, Liu’s grandmother sought to terminate the adoption through the Hualien court in 2011, hoping to legally end their painful relationship. Unfortunately, during this time, Liu’s mother was imprisoned again for involvement in a murder case, leaving her mother to shoulder the responsibility of raising her grandson alone. The grandmother hoped her grandson would not follow in his mother’s footsteps, but tragically, as he grew up, he became violent towards her, even assaulting her to the point of hospitalization.
Realizing that her life was in danger, the grandmother decided to leave the home she had once supported. She quietly moved to a small house a few hundred meters away, trying to escape the familiar yet painful life she had known.
However, the tragedy did not end there. On the 17th of this month, Mr. Liu, feeling rejected by Ms. Tsai after she blocked him on LINE, lost control and entered the church dormitory, where he murdered her. The police quickly identified Mr. Liu as a suspect and launched a manhunt. Given that Mr. Liu had only his grandmother as a relative, authorities suspected she might have assisted in hiding him. When police visited her to discuss the case, the elderly woman turned pale and trembled, repeatedly stating, “It’s impossible for me to hide him… I can’t even bear to see him; I’m afraid he’ll hit me again.”
A reporter visited the small house where Mr. Liu’s grandmother currently resides and found it old and worn, with the door locked tight. The couplets on the doorframe had long faded, seemingly telling the story of this family’s tragic past. This incident is not just a personal tragedy but a reflection of broken family relationships and intertwined social issues, leaving us with much to ponder.