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Chopping Murder At Teakettle Brothel
Mon, February 8, 2016
The owner of 69 Bar in Teakettle was murdered over the weekend. Police got the call around 2 Saturday morning. They found 52 year old Chinese businessman Zhijiang Zhang with 7 cut wounds to his body and a female worker with a gunshot to the leg. Police say it was a robbery turned murder. We found out more today.

Courtney Weatherburne reporting
69 Bar - a business usually buzzing with activity is now closed down, abandoned. Neighbors say Chinese businessman Zhijiang Zhang opened the bar about a year ago but later on, they realized that the house - concealed by these overgrown bushes was more than just a hangout spot.

Voice of Neighbor
"It says 69 Bar. But everybody knows from the time you mentioned 69, everybody knows it's not a bar, it's a place where they pay for sex, sexual favors. Everybody knows that."

Every night, up until the very early hours of the morning - men are seen going in and out of the brothel, drinking and fighting in the yard. Saturday morning was no different…until the police arrived and found Zhang inside - dead.

Insp. Octaviano Victorin, OC. Roaring Creek
"On Saturday 6th February, 2016, between the hours of 1:50am and 2am, police responded to a report at a business establishment situated on the George Price Highway at Teakettle Village, a establishment by the name of 69. Upon arrival police saw the motionless body of a Chinese decent person. Likewise there was a female suffering from gunshot wounds on her leg."

The neighbor we spoke with said he heard a commotion but didn't bother because that was the norm. The investigation so far suggests the masked culprit climbed up to the 3rd floor and slipped in through this window. One of female commercial sex workers was upstairs alone. The man then hit her in the head and forced her downstairs. He saw Zhang downstairs and held him up at gunpoint - demanding money. Another worker came out to try to assist Zhang but she was shot in the leg. Now, while Zhang was getting the money he seized an opportunity to try and wrest the gun out of the culprit's hand. That's when the magazine fell out of the gun. Zhang tried to get away but the robber pulled out a small machete and attacked him. Zhang was slashed to the back of the head and neck and stabbed to the upper back.

This is believed to be the weapon used to kill Zhang. With some help from the media, the police found the machete here in front of the bar just this afternoon. The scenes of crime team was called out again to collect this crucial piece of evidence.

Insp. Octaviano Victorin, OC. Roaring Creek
"We were looking into a knife or a small machete. That is what I had said. This knife that is now picked up have red substance. So we need to do a comparison, first of all to find out if its blood and then do a comparison at the laboratory to say if it matches with any blood retrieve either from the body or at the scene."

Now the police must carry out more tests to confirm if this was the weapon used and to find prints - after the small machete was found the team inspected the grounds one more time to see if anything else was left behind.

Police had detained all 12 female commercial sex workers. 8 have been released so far. Police are looking for the masked robber. They still have not confirmed if the knife found today was the weapon used. We will have an update for you tomorrow.

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