‘Vampire’ daughter-in-law who killed partner with sword sentenced for homicide

A lady who used a sword to kill her spouse throughout an argument earlier than attacking her mother-in-law in San Dimas was sentenced to 37 years to life in jail on Monday.

Weichien Huang, 45, was convicted by a jury Oct. 28 for the homicide of her spouse, Chen Chen Fei, 47, and the tried homicide of Fei’s mom in a ugly assault that spilled out into the neighborhood in July 2024.

Prosecutors say Huang and Fei had been arguing about divorce on July 18, 2024, at their San Dimas dwelling, Los Angeles County Deputy Dist. Att. Brittany Saleeby described through the jury trial.

In some unspecified time in the future, Huang grabbed a katana sword that was saved in the home and used it to fatally stab her spouse 13 occasions. Hsi Wei Huang bumped into the room to seek out her daughter mendacity on the ground lined in blood. That’s when her daughter-in-law swung the sword at her a number of occasions, prosecutors mentioned. Hsi Wei Huang managed to seize the sword by the blade and ran out of the house with it. She was severely injured and bleeding when sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene, in response to authorities, however she survived.

Saleeby mentioned deputies went to the couple’s home and located Fei, who was useless, and Huang, who was mendacity on a mattress subsequent to a medicine bottle. Saleeby mentioned that Huang tried to kill herself.

Throughout closing arguments, Saleeby described Huang as “offended, harmful, violent and controlling,” the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reported.

Huang claimed she didn’t keep in mind killing her spouse or attacking her mother-in-law, in response to prosecutors.

She didn’t communicate throughout her sentencing on Monday, however her mother-in-law referred to as into the Pomona courtroom from Taiwan and offered a press release via a Mandarin interpreter, in response to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.

“I don’t perceive what sort of hate will lead her to kill like that,” Hsi Wei Huang mentioned.

“She was utilizing the sword making an attempt to suck as a lot blood from folks like a vampire,” Hsi Wei Huang mentioned. “She was having fun with [seeing] the blood popping out. There was no remorse in any respect, performing like a vampire.

“Attempting to kill us all. She doesn’t present any remorse in any respect.”