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A 20-year-old Arcadia resident charged with murdering his father remained in custody. The son is charged with the strangulation death of 48-year-old Wenda Peter Liu in their Longden Avenue home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4908
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 1995
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Wenda Peter
Item ID
4784AN
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The body of Wenda Peter Liu was found lying in a hallway after police responded to a 911 call by one of his sons. The son, age 20, was arrested on suspicion of murder.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4580
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 8, 1995
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 8, 1995
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Wenda Peter
Item ID
4456AN
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Suspect in Arcadia murder-suicide leaves son a note. Couple was going through contentious divorce. Couple was identified as Mel Liu, 49, and Cherry Liu, 50 year old. Mel Liu left a letter to their 14 year old son trying to explain the fatal steps he took. Cherry Liu was well known through her work at Arcadia Chamber of Commerce and Sierra Madre Senior Services.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35251
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 9, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 9, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Cherry
Liu, Mel
Murder-suicide
Item ID
35440AN
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23 year old Arcadian Jimmy Palma was ambushed and stabbed to death October 13 in the exercise yard of San Quentin State Prison. A Superior Court judge sentenced him to die for killing two children and their mother in El Monte in 1995.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11522
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Palma, Jimmy
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11720AN
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Two shot to death Wednesday morning, August 1, in the alley near 816 Sunset Boulevard in Arcadia. Los Angeles Sheriff Department says it looks like a murder-suicide. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene and the second victim later died at hospital from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Later identified as Mel Liu and Cherry Liu, an estranged married couple.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35245
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Cherry
Liu, Mel
Murder-suicide
Item ID
35434AN
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Judge won't dismiss sentence enhancements to Deyun Shi, man accused of killing his 2 teenage nephews in their Arcadia home in 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35905
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 3, 2021
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 3, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun aka Shi, Jeff
Murders
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Brandon Landreth, a former John Muir High School (Pasadena) history teacher, was sentenced to 35 years to life, in state prison for killing Arcadia man Justo Cesar Morales, nearly 3 years ago. Authorities believed Landreth shot Morales because Morales was dating Landreth's ex-wife.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32338
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Landreth, Brandon
Morales, Justo Cesar
Murder
Item ID
32536AN
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Arcadia man Larry Roger Beck, 66 years old, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for killing his girlfriend's toddler son in Louisville, Kentucky 43 years ago. He admitted to shaking the 20-month old Michael Sanders, which was a factor that caused the child's death.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34351
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2015
Pages
p. A9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2015
Pages
p. A9
Subjects
Beck, Larry Roger
Crimes and criminals
Manslaughter
Item ID
34544AN
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Peter Chang, 60, of Long Beach, admitted in court that he shot his estranged wife, Liya ("Sandy") Lu, 32, in front of her Arcadia home on Bonita Street. He was immediately sentenced to 29 years to life in prison. The murder occurred on January 27, 2008.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31949
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Chang, Peter
Crime and Criminals
Lu, Liya ("Sandy")
Murders
Shootings
Item ID
32146AN
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Cherry Liu, a Sierra Madre City employee was murdered August 1 in a tragic murder-suicide in the 800 block of Sunset Boulevard in Arcadia. Her estranged husband Mel Liu died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35246
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
August 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
August 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Cherry
Liu, Mel
Murder-suicide
Item ID
35435AN
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Alhambra man Isaac Campbell was sentenced to the maximum of 11 years in prison for killing his girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, 31, of San Gabriel, and then putting her body in a trash can full of kitty litter in the backyard of Campbell's friend in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33108
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
33305AN
Collection
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Man, 52, gets two life sentences for killing his nephews in Arcadia. Deyun Shi will spend the rest of his life in prison without a chance for parole for killing 15-year-old Anthony Lin and 16-year-old William Lin in their Arcadia home on the 400 block of Fairview Avenue, and for attacking his now-former wife Amy Lin, at the couple's La Canada Flintridge residence.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36683
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 3, 2024
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 3, 2024
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Domestic abuse
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun
Moses, Jared (Judge)
Murders
Trials
Collection
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As part of a plea agreement, Jack Howard Colnot II of Arcadia pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $89,000 in soccer league funds. He will be sentenced to five years probation and ordered to repay the money.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6065
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 6, 1996
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 6, 1996
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Colnot, Jack Howard II
Item ID
5898AN
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Arcadia police arrested Michael Kelly, 44, on suspicion of killing his 47-year-old brother Brian Kelly. Brian Kelly's body was found inside the apartment they shared in the 800 block of Fairview Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32145
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arrests
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Homicide
Kelly, Brian
Kelly, Michael
Murder
Item ID
32342AN
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Juan Lorenzo, 33, of San Gabriel, was sentenced to 12 years in prison in the 2011 stabbing death of 18-year-old Pomona man Anthony Berry. Lorenzo was working at Money Pot Shabu Shabu Restaurant in the 1300 block of S. Golden West Avenue, when he got involved in an argument with Berry.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33588
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 15, 2013
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 15, 2013
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Berry, Anthony
Crime and Criminals
Lorenzo, Juan
Murder
Item ID
33783AN
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A 19-year-old man Matthew Zamora, could face a 25 year prison sentence for shooting and killing 24-year-old Joseph Romero of Arcadia, on June 16, 2012, on the 5200 block of Tyler Avenue in unincorporated county area near Arcadia and El Monte.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34251
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 4, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 4, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Romero, Joseph
Zamora, Matthew
Item ID
34445AN
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Arcadia Mayor Sho Tay pays tribute to Cherry Liu as the Oct 2 City Council Meeting was adjourned. Liu, 50, who was murdered by her estranged husband August 1, who then turned the gun on himself in a murder-suicide. Liu was a long-time resident of Arcadia and volunteered for the City of Arcadia, frequently acted as an interpreter for city staff to help bridge the gap between cultures.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35294
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Liu, Cherry
Murder-suicide
Item ID
35483AN
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Police find woman’s body in Arcadia backyard in the 300 block of East Forest Avenue. A 76-year-old Arcadia woman was killed yesterday at her home and her vehicle was stolen. The coroner’s office has not yet identified the woman. Neighbors said she was a longtime resident with two daughters and a grandson. The motive behind the killing is unknown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35417
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35609AN
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Judge found that a man was sane at the time of the bludgeoning deaths of his then-estranged wife's two teenage nephews in the boys' Arcadia home. Deyun Shi is on trial for the murders of 15-year-old Anthony Lin, who was asleep when attacked with bolt cutters, and 16-year-old brother William Lin, who was killed while studying in a separate room, on January 22, 2016. Shi was found giulty on two counts of first-degree murder.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36650
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun
Moses, Jared (Judge)
Murders
Trials
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A 22 year old Monterey Park man was shot and killed after leaving the Sportsrock Cafe about 1:30am and getting involved in an argument with 10-15 men in a nearby parking lot. He was shot with an illegal pen gun.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper253
Newspaper
Star-Tribune
Date
February 18, 1993
Pages
p. A-2
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Newspaper
Star-Tribune
Date
February 18, 1993
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Crime and Criminals see also murder
Murder
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
253AN
Collection
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