Suspect believed to have worn victim’s clothes to make it appear she had left home alive A man accused of murdering a university student from China is being taken to the Gyeongsang Police Station in North Gyeongsang Province, just before midnight on Tuesday. (Yonhap) A Chinese university lecturer in his 30s has admitted to killing a 25-year-old Chinese student in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang Province, police said Thursday, as the Daegu District Court held a hearing on whether to detain him.Officials at Gyeongsan Police Station said the suspect, surnamed Jeong, admitted to parts of the allegations against him, including killing the victim in the early hours of Aug. 20.He reportedly told investigators that he strangled her.Jeong has been relatively cooperative with the investigation and has provided statements related to the crime, police said.The victim, a Chinese student, was last seen on surveillance footage outside Jeong's studio apartment in Hayang-eup, Gyeongsan, at around 2 a.m. that day. She also made her last contact with family members in China at around the same time.The footage did not show Jeong forcibly taking her into the home, and she was not seen leaving afterward.Police said an autopsy is needed to determine the time and cause of death.Investigators have also found indications that Jeong mutilated and disposed of the victim's body and are considering additional related charges. Police have been tracing his movements and checking locations believed to be connected to the disposal of the body.Investigators believe Jeong also tried to make it appear that the victim had left his home on her own.At around 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 20, a person wearing the victim's clothes was captured on CCTV heading to Dongdaegu Station. Police later determined that the person was Jeong.He allegedly disguised himself in women's clothing, took the victim's suitcase and cellphone to the station, turned off the phone there and then returned to his home in Gyeongsan.The following day, Jeong called police himself and reported the victim missing, allegedly pretending to be her boyfriend and saying he had not heard from her since she left for Daegu.Police are investigating him on suspicion of obstruction of official duties by deception in connection with the missing-person report.Police became suspicious while questioning Jeong and later found the victim's body at his home. Jeong was apprehended at around 7:29 p.m. Tuesday on a street in Hayang-eup.Police applied for a warrant for his detention Wednesday, citing concerns that he could flee or destroy evidence. The Daegu District Court held a hearing on the warrant at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.Jeong worked as an outside lecturer at a graduate school in Gyeongsan attended by the victim.The woman, who had been working in China, entered Korea on Aug. 14 to receive documents related to her degree, according to police.Police are still trying to clarify the motive and circumstances surrounding the killing.