Man Accused of 9-Year-Old Double Murder Faces Arraignment

Man Accused of 9-Year-Old
Double Murder Faces Arraignment

March 24, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Joe Scott, Director of Communications
Sandi Gibbons, Public Information Officer
Jane Robison, News Secretary
(213) 974-3525

PASADENA – A man charged with murdering his estranged wife and her son in Alhambra a little more than nine years ago was expected to appear for arraignment tomorrow in Pasadena Superior Court.
Deputy District Attorney Vivian Moreno said 60-year-old Fu Lin Wang was arrested in Chicago earlier this month after a story about the case appeared in a Chinese-language newspaper. He was scheduled to be returned tonight to Los Angeles County by Alhambra Police Detective James Hammond, the investigating officer.

Wang (dob 4-20-1947) was charged on Dec. 14, 1998, with the murders of his estranged wife, Carol Lee, and 18-year-old Michael Chu in Alhambra. The killings occurred at Lee’s home in Alhambra on Dec. 5, 1998. The couple’s then 9-year-old daughter was at the home at the time of the murders, but was not injured.

Case No. GA038016 charged Wang with two counts of murder with the special circumstance of multiple murders. The complaint also alleged the defendant personally used a handgun to kill the victims. Additionally, the complaint stated that the defendant was convicted in 1995 of assault with a firearm and shooting at an inhabited dwelling.

Although filed as a capital crime, the District Attorney’s office will not decide whether to seek the death penalty until the case moves closer to trial.

Wang was arrested in Chicago’s Chinatown on March 16 and on March 20, waived extradition to California.

He also has been featured on the television show “America’s Most Wanted.”

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ASSIGNMENT EDITORS – Arraignment is scheduled for Monday, April 7, 2008, in Department E, Pasadena Superior Court, 300 E. Walnut St., Pasadena.

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