Richard Allen Walker, a 67 year-old retried nuclear engineer of US citizenship was found face down when police arrived. A knife was lying next to his body, police said, and the victim had been stabbed two times.
The police said that a laptop and a wallet were missing from the house. After an interview with Walker’s family it was discovered that after hearing an unusual noise in the house Walker went to investigate. When he found someone in the house rummaging through drawers he went and got a knife, police said, though whilst grappling with the robber Walker slipped and the burglar stabbed him twice.The burglar then jumped over a garden fence and disappeared. The Hangdong Police is presently looking for him.
Even though the village has security guards and cameras it is thought the burglar may have come in through the back of the house where there are rice fields.