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A MAN was arrested after he allegedly slit his wife’s throat and chillingly played her favorite music while she bled to death.

Shocking police body camera footage captured Xichen Yang, 21, as he was arrested on June 21 outside an apartment complex in Orlando, Florida.

Police body camera footage showed the moment Xichen Yang, 21, was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife
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Police body camera footage showed the moment Xichen Yang, 21, was arrested for allegedly murdering his wifeCredit: Altamonte Springs Police Department
Nhu Quaynh Pham, 21, was found in a pool of blood in an apartment the couple shared
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Nhu Quaynh Pham, 21, was found in a pool of blood in an apartment the couple sharedCredit: Jam Press

The body of Yang’s wife, Nhu Quaynh Pham, 21, was found in a pool of blood in the apartment the couple shared together, said the Altamonte Springs Police Department.

Yang was not present at the time.

Investigators said that Yang’s employer had called because he was late for work.

That’s when Yang allegedly admitted to killing his wife, prompting the employer to call the police.

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Cops managed to track Yang, who had been sitting inside of a red Subaru outside the gated apartment complex.

He was ordered out of the car, as seen in the video, and was immediately cuffed and patted down by officers before being taken into custody without issue.

Yang was charged with first-degree premeditated murder and tampering with physical evidence.

During the arrest, Yang allegedly admitted to police that he had killed his wife, giving details of the knife he used during the crime.

Police said after Pham died, Yang allegedly tried to clean the pools of blood splattered all over the apartment before going to his car.

Pham had a “deep laceration to the left side of her neck,” said police, and her stomach had “pooled with blood,” according to

Yang said "he could have stopped short of killing her" but "that was not how he was raised," cops claimed.

After Yang slashed his wife's throat, he dragged her into the bathtub, the arrest report shows.

He then "played her favorite music" and "held her hand" for around 10 minutes until she died, police said in the report.

Yang reportedly had gotten cleaning supplies to clean up the blood when his employer called him to ask why he failed to show up to work.

He is being held at the Seminole County jail without bond.

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The victim, Pham, was originally from Vietnam.

A was created to raise money to assist her family with funeral expenses and bring her body back to the country.

Footage showed Yang being cuffed, searched and booked without incident by the Altamonte Springs Police Department
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Footage showed Yang being cuffed, searched and booked without incident by the Altamonte Springs Police DepartmentCredit: Jam Press
The crime happened inside the Charter Pointe Apartments in Orlando, Florida
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The crime happened inside the Charter Pointe Apartments in Orlando, FloridaCredit: Fox35
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