Woman whose dads body was found hacked up in San Francisco freezer is arrested in China and depor
Woman whose dad’s body was found hacked up in San Francisco freezer is arrested in China and deported back to US
A woman suspected of murdering her father and dismembering his body in California has been deported from China along with her partner to face prosecution in the US.
The hacked-up body of Benedict Ching, 73, was found in a freezer at his home in the Outer Mission area of San Francisco on Monday by police performing a welfare check.
Investigators determined that Stephanie Ching, 35, and Douglas Lomas, 44, were flying to China; the couple were then arrested upon arriving in Beijing, police said on Friday.
With the help of US Homeland Security Investigations officials, they were flown to a federal detention centre in Virginia, where they were booked on homicide charges.
Police had conducted the well-being check on Benedict Ching after a colleague contacted his family to report that he hadn’t come to work. He was confirmed to be Stephanie Ching’s father by local station 5 KPIX.
Neighbours told the San Francisco Examiner that Benedict Ching had lived alone in the small until a few months ago, when his daughter and her partner moved into the house with their two children.
Investigators have not released a motive.
This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as: Suspects deported from China after body found
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