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Murder suspect was fired from Kim's club
After several hours of questioning, agents with the Guam Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division arrested the individual they believe is responsible for the death of a 42-year-old woman whose body was found Thursday in Umatac. A $1 million bail has been set for the murder suspect, a man thought to be behind Guam's first homicide for 2007.
A 23-year-old man from Umatac was charged with murdering Un Chong Kim of Tamuning. Around 8pm Friday CID agents took Alvin Quinata into custody for questioning. After interviewing the man, around 4am Saturday agents arrested Quinata for Kim's homicide. This afternoon he was magistrated in the Superior Court of Guam. A female body was discovered by groundskeepers near the Sella Bay overlook on the Agat-Umatac Road, which was later identified as Kim, the owner of Club Black Hole, a Hagatna night club.
She was reported missing after she was last seen leaving her Tamuning residence around 11 Wednesday morning. Kim's family was alarmed when she didn't report to the club on Wednesday evening, and the establishment's manager, Robert Davis, told KUAM News that the head waitress of the club spoke to Kim on Wednesday morning around 11:30. Kim reportedly told her staffer that she was on her way to Agat to meet with a former employee, Quinata, because he owed her money.
Davis said that Quinata was fired from the club in December 2006 for failing to report to work regularly and because "money was missing from the club". Davis eventually took over Quinata's job as the club manager, and claims Quinata became angry with Kim - allegedly making threats to burn down the club or physically harm the club owner.
According to this afternoon's magistrates hearing, chief medical examiner Dr. Aurelio Espinola's autopsy determined Kim's death was caused by blunt trauma to the head and stab wounds to her neck and chest. Agents are still conducting a search for a murder weapon, which has not yet been recovered. It is believed that Kim met Quinata in Agat on Wednesday afternoon.
Her body was found Thursday morning and the 1998 Ford Ranger pickup truck she was driving was found burnt about 300 yards away from the Vietnam Heroes Memorial Park, not too far from where Kim's body was found. The magistrates complaint states Quinata lives near the park.
An initial arson and destruction of evidence charge stems from Quinata allegedly burning the truck. Quinata remains behind bars with the bail having been set.
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