Gruesome surveillance footage shows a man and his girlfriend walking back to his Seattle home carrying groceries, moments before he allegedly killed 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 he was high on molly. KHON News reported.
The young woman’s battered body was found after a neighbor called the landlord after seeing water pouring from Chu’s apartment. When Seattle police and firefighters arrived, they made the gruesome discovery.
Chu was filmed walking out of a home in Lake City’s Olympic Hills neighborhood, 3000 Northeast 133rd Street, on August 10, the day after they both entered the home.
Friends took him to the UW Medical Center because he was acting “strange.” At the hospital, he allegedly assaulted a nurse and was arrested.
King County prosecutors charged Chu with first-degree murder and assault after he told detectives he “may have been responsible for her murder,” according to police.
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, is accused of the brutal murder of his girlfriend
Video footage shows the couple arriving at Chu’s apartment on August 9 with shopping bags
The next day, Chu is seen leaving the apartment alone – reportedly with a towel under his shirt
Court documents revealed chilling details leading up to the alleged attack.
A neighbor filmed Chu with his Ring camera, which he gave to Seattle police.
A timestamp was shown of when the couple entered the apartment, which was August 9. Northwest Asian Weekly reported.
The man told detectives they had groceries with them and that he saw Chu leave the apartment alone the next morning.
When police and firefighters arrived, they found a bathtub full of water and a running sink in the bathroom.
According to police, she was found on her back with a cut on her neck and “an ice pack on her throat.”
Officials added that a small block was also placed behind her neck to support her head. They also noted that “there was no shower head on the pipe.”
According to authorities, Chu told police he had “a memory” of choking her, twisting her neck and holding her underwater in the bathtub. Police allege he said he thought he had broken her neck and “remembered her nose bleeding, which he wiped away.”
Chu also allegedly admitted to taking two Molly pills and smoking marijuana while hanging out with his girlfriend, Fox13 Seattle reported.
He is pictured here in March on a balcony, surrounded by lush foliage and blue-green water
His distraught brother posted a touching tribute to his sister and wants justice for his sister
According to reports, He and Chu graduated from the same high school – President William McKinley High School. He had attended there from 2012 to 2016.
The young woman, originally from Shanghai, China, attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa and lived in Honolulu.
According to the House Communications Office, she worked at the Hawaii State Capitol during the 2022 legislative session.
He told the detective that he had been in a relationship with He in January and that she had just arrived in Seattle from Hawaii.
Devastated friends described him as a “good friend and daughter” who loved makeup and spending time with friends and family.
They called their beautiful friend’s crime ‘unforgivable’
Friends believe he went to Seattle to visit Chu, as August 10 is Valentine’s Day in China, Qixi Festival, a celebration of love and romance in Chinese culture.
The autopsy revealed she suffered blunt force trauma to her face, head, neck, chest, arms and legs, and that “a large, heavy white ball was lodged in her throat at the base of her tongue,” the news outlet reported.
Chu is being held on $5 million bail. It is unclear if he has entered a plea at this time.