Nguyễn Thị Tuyết arrested after 43 years on the run

Nguyễn Thị Tuyết, a 69-year-old woman, has been arrested in Lâm Đồng province after 43 years on the run. Tuyết was a high-profile fugitive wanted for murder and robbery.

According to police records, in 1979, Tuyết murdered her close friend, Phạm Thị Phước, to steal a gold necklace and earrings. Although she was initially captured and sentenced to life imprisonment, she escaped from the Kim Sơn Reformatory in Gia Lai province in 1983.

During her decades of evasion, Tuyết assumed the false identity of Trần Thị Bích Liên, claiming to be born in 1962. She settled in Lâm Đồng, where she established a family, including a husband, children, and grandchildren, living as a normal citizen. On October 16, 2026, authorities from the Quảng Ngãi Provincial Police successfully apprehended her. She has since been transferred back to Quảng Ngãi to face legal proceedings.