Police in Gyeongsan were questioning a Chinese man in his 30s Wednesday on suspicion of murdering a female Chinese graduate student found dead at his residence in the southeastern city. The victim was found Tuesday, five days after communication with her was lost and four days after the man reported her missing. Police said they plan to autopsy the body to determine the exact cause and time of death and then transfer it to her family.

A Chinese man in his 30s, surnamed Jeong, is escorted to Gyeongsan Police Station, Tuesday, on suspicion of murdering a Chinese female graduate student. Yonhap

GYEONGSAN — Police said Wednesday they were questioning a Chinese man in his 30s on suspicion of murdering a female graduate student, also from China, who was found dead in the southeastern city of Gyeongsan.

The victim, a local university student in her 20s, was found dead at the suspect's residence Tuesday, five days after all communication with her had been lost and four days after she was reported missing by the man, according to Gyeongsan Police Station.

The suspect, surnamed Jeong, was apprehended Tuesday on a street in the city and detained at the police station the same day.