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Murder suspect caught after 22 years on the run in northeast China

Updated: 06 23 , 2016 14:50
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HARBIN, June 23 -- Police in northeast China's Heilongjiang province have captured the main suspect in 22-year-old murder case.

Jixi City Police said Thursday that the man, surnamed Zheng, was caught last Wednesday in Inner Mongolia.

Zheng is accused of fatally stabbing a man in 1994 over a personal dispute. He then fled to Tongliao City in Inner Mongolia, and assumed the identity of a Mr. Wang. Investigators were alerted to the resemblance of "Wang" to the murder suspect, and arrested Zheng at his house.

Zheng has admitted to the fact, police said.

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