Body Found In Water ID'd As Missing Woman Allegedly Killed By Son-In-Law
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Phuc Vo was charged in the deaths of his mother-in-law, Que Tran, and her daughter, Tho Ly, months after he reported them missing in the Bay Area.
Medical examiners confirmed that a body found in an Oakland estuary last year has been identified as that of a missing California woman whose son-in-law is suspected of killing her and her daughter, police in San Pablo, California, announced on Tuesday.
Que Tran, 74, and her daughter Tho Ly, 40, were reported missing on Sept. 13 by Phuc Vo, 40. Vo told police that the women left their Bay Area home following a family argument and were on their way to Southern California, the San Pablo Police Department said in March.
Detectives reported that they discovered inconsistencies in Vo’s statements throughout their investigation, including his account to officers that Ly left home that day in her car, according to Tuesday’s news release. Detectives said they discovered surveillance video showing Vo driving Ly’s missing car, which was ultimately found on Dec. 5 in Oakland.
“He was actually seen entering the car and driving off … moving the car and parking it in a different location,” San Pablo police Officer Peggy Chou told KRON-TV in San Francisco in March.
Vo was arrested in February. The Contra Costa County district attorney’s office charged him with two counts of murder with a special circumstance enhancement after detectives alleged he “had direct involvement in the disappearance and murders.”