A 94-year-old California man — initially believed to have died from pure causes inside his ritzy hilltop winery mansion — was allegedly murdered by his son-in-law, who was “bored with offering” for him, in keeping with native cops.
Sy Van Nguyen was discovered useless at his Santa Rosa dwelling on Aug. 11 after his son-in-law, Khanh Trong Tran, 71, found him unresponsive, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Workplace stated.
First responders stated that there have been “no indicators of trauma or foul play” once they arrived and launched the patriarch’s physique to his household.
Then, on Aug. 15, Nguyen’s son offered proof to deputies that identified that the demise was “not pure, however as a substitute an intentional killing.”
A safety digicam was contained in the room the place the aged Nguyen was on the time, and his son, feeling one thing was off about his father’s demise, reviewed the footage — discovering damming proof Nguyen didn’t die from pure causes.
The footage allegedly captured Tran “mainly seize a plastic bag and a pillow, put it over the sufferer’s face, suffocating him on digicam,” Sonoma County Sheriff’s Sgt. Juan Valencia instructed ABC 7.
“This can be a straight up, chilly malice homicide.”
Detectives arrested Tran — who lived on Nguyen’s property — on homicide expenses on Aug. 16, the day after police obtained the startling proof.
Valencia stated the alleged killer son-in-law admitted to killing his father-in-law.
Following his arrest, Tran revealed to investigators that he carried out the killing as a result of he was “bored with offering for his father-in-law.”
The homicide has rattled residents of the luxury Bay Space group.
Neighbor Rod Burglund instructed ABC7 that the 94-year-old stored to himself largely, however was shocked to seek out out Tran — who he knew as “Ken” — was behind the homicide.
“There’s obtained to be alternate options than coming to this,” he stated.
“You understand the general public within the neighborhood, Ken was at all times doing his personal factor, a strolling acquaintance. I made wine from his grapes one 12 months. To me he appeared like an above board type of man,” Burglund stated.
Tran has been booked into the Sonoma County Jail and is being held with out bond.
His subsequent court docket date is scheduled for Sept. 15.
