Some small updates on the goonercide - the flow of information has slowed down in the past few days as Dat's Facebook friends are locking down their accounts, and a police investigation seems to be ongoing.
Firstly and most importantly, Dat's mother has been found. The previous information on Dat Nguyen's mother was correct - Nguyen Thi Mein was born in 1957, and according to Vietnamese Internet users she owns farmland in her home village of Hau Trang where Dat was born. Dat's father is no longer alive and it seems he was an only child. The village chief of Hau Trang was contacted and informed of the beheading, and information was passed on to the police and Dat's mother. Dat had not returned to village in five years or had been in contact with her at all, which is highly unusual in Vietnamese culture according to Vietnamese commentors. 2020 seems to be a pivotal year in Dat's life as it seems he went no contact with his mother to pursue his fetish in totality, as the majority of his digital footprint dates from 2020 and beyond. We do know however he was interested in decapitation as early as 2018 when his "Datbeheading" Wattpad was created, but he likely could not pursue his fetish as freely as he wanted until he left home. Below is the original phone call to the village chief and a translation.
As for the reference to Cambodia the village chief makes, according to Vietnamese Internet users Cambodian internal policing is much weaker than policing in Vietnam and China, and it's common for Vietnamese and Chinese criminals to commit crimes there. A second phone call was made as well by a different person.
Dat's Facebook account was taken down.
Dat was apparently an admin of a decapitation fetish group, and more messages have been uncovered of him looking for an executioner. Hoa Troi was the man I wrote of in my previous post who claimed to be Dat's killer.
Vietnamese Internet detectives have also been looking into Dat's associates Lam Tran and An Danh more closely; I wrote about Danh and his guro photos in my previous post. In these messages both men express interest in butchering and cannibalism.
Vietnamese Internet detectives have also found Hoa Troi's phone number and model.
Another one of Dat's friends, Phi Le, revealed Dat's apparent address in Hanoi: 30 Phung Khoang Alley.
If anything more substantial is uncovered I'll keep you guys posted. Honestly, I think the Vietnamese would make great Farmers given how extensive their archiving efforts have been, from what I've seen anyways.