A man has been taken in for allegedly murdering and stealing from the owner of a coffee shop in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta after paying her for sex last week.

Police in Long An Province confirmed on Monday they had apprehended Nguyen Vu Thanh Hoai, 23, while he was hiding in Ho Chi Minh City.

Hoai is the prime suspect in the murder of P.T.N., 35, who ran a café in Hoa Khanh Dong Commune, Duc Hoa District, Long An Province.

Preliminary reports said that Hoai caught a bus from Ho Chi Minh City to Long An on the afternoon of June 9.

He then entered a local coffee shop, with N., the owner, the only one present.

Hoai offered to pay N. VND350,000 (US$15) to have sex with her, to which she agreed.

Following their sexual intercourse, Hoai choked the victims to death before tying up her arms.

He took her phone, VND280,000 ($12) in cash, and two gold rings, before shutting the door of the coffee shop and running away.

Hoai traveled back to Ho Chi Minh City and sold one of the rings for VND2 million ($86).

He then headed to Da Lat City in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong and sold the other ring for VND1 million ($43).

The suspect eventually returned to Ho Chi Minh City.

A friend discovered N.’s body on June 10.

Police officers launched an investigation into the case and were able to capture Hoai while he was in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday night.

At the police station, Hoai claimed he had committed the crime to pocket some money for personal use.

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