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The body of Liya Lu, a 31-year-old woman, was found in a back yard on Baldwin Avenue. Her American name is "Jessie". She was last seen on August 11. See also 30907AN.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30717
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya ("Jessie")
Murder
Item ID
30905AN
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A date for a preliminary hearing was set Thursday for Alhambra man Isaac Campbell, accused of murdering his girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, and dumping her body in a trash can in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31282
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Item ID
31477AN
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Isaac J. Campbell, 32, of San Gabriel, is wanted for questioning in the death of his girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu. He is suspected of killing her and dumping her body in a trashcan in the 1700 block of South Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30718
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 19, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 19, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac J.
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Item ID
30907AN
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A murder charge has been filed against Isaac J. Campbell, 32, of San Gabriel, a suspect in the murder of his girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu. He is currently at large. Her body was found in a trashcan on Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30720
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 21, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 21, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac J.
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Item ID
30908AN
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Detectives release more information about the murdered woman, Liya "Jessie" Lu. Her body was stuffed into a plastic trash container and covered with kitty litter to mask the odor. Police are still earching for suspect Isaac Campbell, boyfriend of the deceased.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30737
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2007
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p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac J.
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Item ID
30925AN
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Isaac Campbell, the suspect in the killing of Liya Lu, has been captured in Minneapolis.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30738
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac J.
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Item ID
30926AN
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Isaac Campbell, 32, of San Gabriel, the suspect in the murder of Liya Lu, is being held in Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis, Minnesota without bail. He is currently fighting extradition and it could be several weeks before he is returned to the San Gabriel area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30746
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac J.
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Item ID
30934AN
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Isaac Campbell, suspect in the murder of his girlfriend Liya Lu, has been extradited from Minnesota and will face charges here. He is being held at Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30819
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac J.
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Item ID
31007AN
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Isaac John Campbell, 33, pleaded not guilty to murdering his former girlfriend, Liya "Jessie" Lu, whose body was found in a trash can at his friend's home in Arcadia. Campbell will return to Alhambra Superior Court on June 19 for a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to require him to stand trial.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30996
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2008
Pages
p. Local 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2008
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac J.
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Item ID
31191AN
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Isaac Campbell, an Alhambra man charged with the murder of Liya "Jessie" Lu, appeared in court for a hearing on Tuesday and was ordered to return to court December 3, 2009. He is being held on $1 million bail. He allegedly stuffed her body in a trash can in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31776
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder trials
Item ID
31973AN
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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
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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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
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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
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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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The trial for Isaac Campbell, charged with the murder of Liya "Jessie" Lu, has been delayed to give the Public Defender Jim Duffy time to transcribe a set of tapes from follow-up witness interviews from August. Lu went missing August 11, 2007 and her body was discovered a month later in the trash can of Campbell's friend's house in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32514
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Pasadena Star News,
Date
September 8, 2011
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News,
Date
September 8, 2011
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
32713AN
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The fate of Isaac Campbell, 36, on trial for the murder of Liya "Jessie" Lu, rests with the jury now, after attorneys on both sides gave their closing arguments yesterday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32772
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
32969AN
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Isaac Campbell is on trial for a second time for the murder of his girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, because the trial in 2011 ended with the jury unable to reach a verdict. The prosecutor promises a new witness in this trial. Lu's body was discovered about a month after she disappeared, wrapped in plastic trash bags and left with cat litter in a trash can in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32973
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
33170AN
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A jury convicts Isaac Campbell, 37, of voluntary manslaughter in the death of his girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, whose body was found in a trash can, covered with kitty litter, at Campbell's friend's house in the 1700 block of South Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia, in 2007.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32989
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 9, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 9, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
33186AN
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Sheriff's homicide detectives arrested Arcadia man, 72-year-old Richard Cole, in the 2001 fatal stabbing of his wife, Charlotte S. Cole, who was found slumped over the steering wheel of her minivan in an Arcadia parking lot. Although he was a person of interest initially, the case remained open and went cold for 10 years. Investigators gathered evidence in the last year, leading to his arrest on Sunday, November 4, 2012. This was his second arrest in the killing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33256
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Cole, Charlotte S.
Cole, Richard
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Murders
Walton, Bill
Item ID
33453AN
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The preliminary hearing for accused murderer Isaac Campbell has begun in Alhambra. He is charged in the death of Liya "Jessie" Lu, who went missing August 11, 2007. Her body was found more than 1 month later, stuffed in a trash can at a home in Arcadia. The victim's last text message was scrutinized in court. So far, the proceedings have consisted solely of testimony by Lu's coworker and friend George Molina.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31445
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Molina, George
Murder
Trials
Item ID
31638AN
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The trial of Isaac Campbell, a San Gabriel man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu and stuffing her body in a trash can at his friend Michael Darby's home in Arcadia, has begun at Alhambra Superior Court.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32653
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Darby, Michael
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder trials
Trials
Item ID
32850AN
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Alhambra Superior Court Judge Alice Hill found "sufficient cause" to hold Isaac Campbell, 34, to be tried for the murder of Liya "Jessie" Lu. He will be arraigned May 7.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31446
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A12
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A12
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Hill, Alice
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Molina, George
Murder
Trials
Item ID
31639AN
Collection
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