A Chinese nanny and her partner have admitted to killing and dismembering the bodies of the parents of a baby who died while in the nanny's care.
Hui Zhang, along with her partner Te Lu, admitted in a Paris court that they are responsible for the gruesome death of of the dead baby's parents.
"It's true,” said 34-year-old Hui at the start of the hearing. “I killed them, and I will regret it for the rest of my life."
The baby reportedly died while being babysitted by Hui. The nanny and her partner then invited the child's parents to their home, having decided to offer the dead baby's parents some money so that they will not report the boy's death.
Their plans, however, turned awry as the child's parents became enraged and attacked both Hui
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After killing them, she proceeded to chop the two dead bodies in the bathroom, using an electric saw. She used a washing machine to cover up the noise.
Afterwards, she put the cut up body parts in rubbish bags, and cleaned her apartment.
Te, on the other hand, denied helping Hui to chop up the dead bodies. He claims to have fallen unconscious during the fight and remained so the whole time his partner chopped the bodies.
"He was violently hit, it has been medically recorded," Eric Dupond-Moretti, Te's lawyer, said in explaining that that Te was not complicit in the murder.
After regaining consciousness, Te helped Hui dispose of the remains either by foot or by public transport.
The case first came to light in 2012 when joggers stumbled upon a leg that was cut off at the ankle in the Vincennes forest. A few days later, a dog was able to locate a human torso in the vicinity. A search for more body parts, however, resulted in failure.
Before the bodies were identified, Hui and Te already turned themselves in and admitted to the crime. They led the police to the other body parts. The dead baby's body, however, was not