Man high on molly 'cruelly' murdered his girlfriend and covered her body with acai powder to 'revive' her: police

Andy Chu, 25, was arrested and charged with the premeditated murder of his girlfriend, Zoey He, also 25. Her body was discovered by firefighters around 10:30 a.m. on August 10 after neighbors called authorities about water leaks coming from Chu's Lake City apartment.

The victim was found partially naked in the bathroom. according to loading documentswith an ice pack on her throat and a substance later identified as acai powder all over her body. Her head was reportedly supported by a block while she lay in a “butterfly position” with her throat slit; she also suffered “severe traumatic attacks” to her face, neck, chest and head. Both the sink and bathtub were running “at full pressure.”

It's unclear exactly when he was killed – but Ring footage from a neighbor allegedly shows the two returning to the townhouse with groceries at around 4:45 p.m. on August 9. Chu was then seen leaving the house alone around 8:00 a.m. the next morning.

In the early hours of August 11, police discovered Chu's whereabouts after he allegedly groped a nurse at the University of Washington Medical Center. He was reportedly taken there by his friends after displaying “psychotic behavior.” Police then took him in for questioning about He's murder, according to Law and Crime.

According to charging documents, Chu “self-described a state of crisis that he found himself in, which required him to leave his residence.” He gave authorities a version of events that was “quite fragmentary and at times difficult to follow” because the suspect was unsure of what was “reality” and what was not.

He reportedly told officers the victim – who he had been dating since January – was visiting from Hawaii. When asked why he attacked her, he said he didn't know why, but claimed she was “acting strange” and attacked him. However, he could not describe the attack and denied they had fought. He also told officers he “thought he might have killed her.”

“He said he remembered choking her, twisting her neck and holding her underwater in the tub. He said he thought he had broken her neck,” said police, who claimed Chu also remembered taking the victim out of the bathtub and placing her on the floor.

“He then tried various things to resuscitate her, including sprinkling her with acai powder and putting a golf ball-like ball in her mouth to set her jaw,” the doctors' documents say.

Chu also reportedly told police that he had taken MDMA and smoked marijuana before his death. Medical examiners later concluded that his death was due to asphyxiation.

The suspect is charged with first-degree murder and assault for the alleged attack on the nurse. He is being held in the King County Jail on $5 million bail and is due back in court on August 28.