Oberlin College professor and wife found fatally shot at home; son charged with murder
A beloved Oberlin College professor and his wife were fatally shot in their Ohio home Wednesday, police said.Their 31-year-old son has been arrested on murder charges.
The body of Pipo Hieu Nguyen-Duy, 64, was found on the first floor of the couple’s home after police conducted a welfare check.His wife, Tran Thi Phong, 56, was found dead in an upstairs bedroom, according to a police incident report.
Police said is appears both had been shot.Police identified the suspect as Daniel Jones, of Ashland, Oregon.At an arraignment Thursday, Jones asked the judge to use gender-neutral pronouns and said they go by the name Asia Nguyen-Duy.
Police outside the home of Oberlin College professor Pipo Nguyen-Duy in Oberlin, Ohio.WKYCThe investigation began just before 9 a.m.Wednesday, when Oberlin officers responded to the Oberlin College Conservatory parking lot for a report of a smoldering vehicle.
The incident report states that the silver Toyota hatchback, which had Oregon license plates, had a boarded-up window and a pipe sticking out of the roof.Nguyen-Duy’s son was identified as the vehicle’s owner, but was not in the area.They were located two blocks away around 10:19 a.m.
and taken into custody without incident, police said.Based on officers’ interaction with the son, police conducted a welfare check at the family’s home.
Nguyen-Duy and Phong, the son’s stepmother, were located after police forced their way inside, according to the incident report.For SubscribersFOR SUBSCRIBERSHow an explosive ad upended Ohio’s midterm electionsFOR SUBSCRIBERSAs Jon Ossoff builds a Senate race lead, Georgia governor candidates vie for his backersFOR SUBSCRIBERSAnti-Muslim rhetoric crescendos at the end of the heated Michigan Senate raceFOR SUBSCRIBERSWill daylight saving time ever become permanent? Health experts hope notFOR SUBSCRIBERSAlaskans will decide whether to keep ranked choice voting amid Senate race saga FOR SUBSCRIBERSGOP former Sen.
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