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Luis Alonso Cruz Gaitan, 33, of Altadena and Isis Ondina Villalobos, 26, of Pasadena, accused of helping suspect named Heber Diaz in the killing of Chyong Jen Tsai, 76, during a burglary and robbery at her Arcadia home on April 9.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35534
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. A11
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Diaz, Heber
Gaitan, Luis Alonso Cruz
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Villalobos, Isis Ondina
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Pasadena man Heber Enoc Diaz charged with capital murder of 76-year-old Arcadia woman Chyong Jen Tsai. Also charged were Luis Alonso Cruz Gaitan of Altadena and Isis Ondina Villalobos of Pasadena as accessories after the fact.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35538
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Diaz, Heber Enoc
Gaitan, Luis Alonso Cruz
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Villalobos, Isis Ondina
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Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger offers $20,000 reward in Arcadia investigation into heinous murder of Chyong Jen Tsai, a 76-year-old Arcadia woman, whose body was found on April 9, 2019 in her backyard in 300 block of East Forest Avenue. Her 2005 Lexus RX300 is believed to have been stolen from her home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35447
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 20, 2019
Pages
p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
April 20, 2019
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Barger, Kathryn
Deaths
Murders
Rewards
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35639AN
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Authorities identify dead woman found slain at her home in Arcadia as 76-year-old Chyong Jen Tsai. Detectives are still looking for whoever killed the Arcadia grandmother and stole a white Lexus RX300 from the home in the 300 block of East Forest Avenue. Three weeks before the killing, her home had been burglarized. Detectives are not ruling out this connection to the homicide.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35419
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2019
Pages
p. A13
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2019
Pages
p. A13
Subjects
Biddle, Richard
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35611AN
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Murder victim identified as Chyong Jen Tsai. Her body was found in the 300 block of East Forest Avenue, outside her house in the garden.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35508
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 11, 2019
Pages
p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 11, 2019
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Chyong, Jen Tsai
Crime and Criminals
Murder
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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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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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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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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Liu, Cherry
Murder-suicide
Item ID
35483AN
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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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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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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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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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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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Deyun Shi declared incompetent to defend himself for murdering Arcadia teenagers William Lin and Anthony Lin.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34787
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 26, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 6
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 26, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 6
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Murder
Shi, Deyun
Item ID
34978AN
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No trial for Deyun Shi in the fatal beating of his two nephews William Lin and Anthony Lin, of Arcadia, and attack on his estranged wife in La Canada Flintridge. He was found mentally incompetent for trial. Instead he will get treatment at Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34785
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2017
Pages
p. A3, A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2017
Pages
p. A3, A11
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Murder
Shi, Deyun
Item ID
34976AN
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Deyun Shi of San Gabriel, pleads not guilty in attack on his wife in La Canada Flintridge and in the beating deaths of his two nephews William Lin and Anthony Lin, in Arcadia. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 15, May 19, 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34566
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 19, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 19, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Huang, Vickey
Lin, Anthony
Lin, David
Lin, William
Lin, Yujing
Murders
Shi, Deyun
Item ID
34758AN
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Arraignment delayed again for double murder suspect Deyun "Jeff" Shi-new date May 18. He needs more time to collect funds from China for his defense.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34546
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 5, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 5, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Murders
Shi, Deyun aka Shi, Jeff
Item ID
34744AN
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Murder suspect Deyun "Jeff" Shi appears in court on April 18, 2016 to face arraignment in the brutal slayings of his two nephews William Lin and Anthony Lin, on January 22, 2016. The arraignment was delayed until May 2. Shi was extradited to the U.S. from Hong Kong on April 15.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34552
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 21, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 21, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Murders
Shi, Deyun aka Shi, Jeff
Tsai, Rose
Item ID
34738AN
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Suspect in double killing back in United States to face trial. Deyun Shi, a man accused of beating his nephews Anthony Lin and William Lin, of Arcadia, to death, is extradited from Hong Kong. Shi, 44, is a Chinese national, living in the US on a business visa.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34538
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Guthrie, Bob (Arcadia Police Chief-photo)
Huang, Vicky
Lin, Anthony
Lin, David
Lin, William
Murders
Shi, Deyun aka Shi, Jeff
Item ID
34730AN
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Hong Kong to extradite Chinese man Deyun Shi back to United States over teen deaths (Anthony Lin, William Lin).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34454
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2016
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2016
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Murders
Shi, Deyun
Item ID
34646AN
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Deyun Shi, the man charged with murdering his teenage nephews (Anthony Lin, William Lin) awaits extradition from Hong Kong.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34459
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 4, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 4, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Murders
Shi, Deyun aka Shi, Jeff
Item ID
34651AN
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Charges filed in the deaths of teenagers, slain brothers Anthony Lin and William Lin. Deyun Shi, 44, the uncle of the Lin brothers, is accused of beating his two teenage nephews with a bolt cutter.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34436
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 29, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 29, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Double homicide
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Murders
Shi, Deyun
Item ID
34628AN
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Students at Arcadia High School hold vigil for slain students, brothers Anthony Lin and William Lin. Alleged murderer, Deyun Shi, 44, the uncle of the Lin brothers, agrees to extradition from Hong Kong.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34434
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 28, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 19
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 28, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 19
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Double homicide
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Murders
Shi, Deyun
Item ID
34626AN
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