Suspect in Killings of Oberlin Professor, Wife Held on $3 Million Bond
Police say the suspect was taken into custody without incident after a welfare check uncovered two bodies and a $3 million bond was set.
- On Thursday, 31-year-old Ashland resident Daniel Jones appeared in court charged with the double homicide of his father, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, and stepmother, Tran Thi Phong, in Oberlin, Ohio. A judge set his bond at $3 million.
- Police discovered the two victims dead from multiple gunshot wounds at their South Pleasant Street home on Wednesday morning, shortly after officers responded to a vehicle fire at the Oberlin College campus. Jones was located at a nearby resident's home.
- Prosecutor Zachary Simonoff said in court that Jones identified himself as Asia Nguyen-Duy, claimed he was "escaping a cult," and admitted he "killed his family." Officers found two people dead from gunshot wounds with blood throughout the house, Simonoff said.
- Oberlin College President Carmen Twillie Ambar released a statement mourning the "devastating loss" of Nguyen-Duy, a professor of studio art and photography since 1998. The case will be presented to a grand jury in Lorain County Common Pleas Court.
- While the motive remains under investigation, Simonoff noted police contacted Jones' mother in Oregon, who stated her son is "psychotic and needs medication." Jones did not enter a plea on Thursday and bore visible facial and hand injuries.
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Oberlin Professor, Wife Killed; Son Charged With Murder
An Oberlin College photography professor and his wife were found shot dead in their Ohio home, and their 31-year-old son now faces multiple murder counts after police say he admitted killing his family. Oberlin officers opened the case just before 9 a.m. Wednesday after a report of a smoldering vehicle in the Oberlin College Conservatory […]
Son Charged With Killing Professor, Stepmother
An Ohio college town is reeling after police said a well-known Oberlin College art professor was fatally shot by his son. Authorities on Thursday charged 31-year-old Daniel Jones of Ashland, Oregon, with multiple counts of Murder and Felonious Assault in the deaths of his father, 64-year-old Pipo Nguyen-Duy, and stepmother,...
RESPECTED professor Pipo Nguyen-Duy and his wife were murdered in Ohio, and his child has been charged with the double murder, having confessed to the crime.
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Suspect in killings of Oberlin professor, wife held on $3 million bond
An Oberlin College professor and his wife are dead, and the educator’s 31-year-old child is being held on a $3 million bond and facing murder charges in their deaths.
Man Kills Oberlin Professor Dad and Wife Before Setting Car on Fire as Distraction
An Oberlin College professor and his wife were allegedly killed by his adult son, who then set his own car on fire as a distraction. Daniel Jones has been accused of fatally shooting his dad, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, and his wife, Thi Tran Phong, according to Cleveland 19. Following the murders, Jones, 32, allegedly set his […]
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