1998 Philly slaying suspected arrested in Canada

    Police in Canada say a man wanted for a 14-year-old homicide in Philadelphia was arrested after being busted for drunk driving.

    Toronto police say 35-year-old Kai-Guo Huang initially give investigators another name when he was arrested last week, but fingerprints later showed he was the man wanted in a 1998 killing in Philadelphia’s Chinatown neighborhood.

    Authorities say Huang killed 27-year-old Hoi Yang, then decapitated and dismembered his body and dumped it in two Pemberton Township, New Jersey trash bins. The Philadelphia Daily News reports Huang was arrested Friday by Canadian and American authorities.

    It wasn’t immediately clear if Huang had an attorney. He is awaiting extradition.

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