Video After The Jump
King County prosecutors charged a 54-year-old Seattle man with stabbing his stepdaughter over 100 times, killing her, after she stepped in to defend her mother as he repeatedly punched her.
Nghiep Kein Chau is accused of trying to kill his wife in their home Aug. 7 before fatally stabbing his stepdaughter, 21-year-old University of Washington student Angelina Tran. Chau was charged August 10 & faces a first-degree murder charge in Tran’s death & a first-degree attempted murder charge for his spouse’s injuries.
Chau had been in a relationship with Tran’s mother for 19 years & knew Tran most of her life.
Early on the morning of Aug. 7, Chau punched Tran’s mother over a dozen times in their kitchen as she tried to flee, according to the home’s security footage.
Tran intervened, but Chau continued his assault by hitting both women. Tran’s mother was able to flee & call 911 as Tran held on to Chau to prevent him from following.
They fell & wrestled on the floor before Chau grabbed a knife & repeatedly stabbed Tran — stopping several times and changing his clothes and weapon.
Footage then shows him search the house for Tran’s mother, who ultimately answered the door when police arrived shortly before 5 a.m. after Tran’s mother called.
Chau confronted officers inside the house while still holding a kitchen knife, which he eventually dropped. Police took him into custody.
Chau later told a detective he had been “bickering” with his wife & said he hit her because “he was angry” & thought she would divorce him & take his money.
He told the detective he became angry with Tran for intervening & blocking him from her mother, who he said he was trying to find & kill before police arrived.
Chau is being held on $5 million bail. He’s scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday.
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Source: Seattle Times
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