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Kuanlun Wang, 37, was shot dead in the desert on October 12. His body was then loaded into his Tesla and driven back to his home in Blair. Jin Li, 37, was attacked with a hammer and taken to the desert. The suspect is 30-year-old Huang Tinggung, who was Wang’s business partner.
A Glendale man who owed his business partner $80,000 set the bodies of a co-worker and his co-worker’s wife on fire and set their cars on fire at two locations in the Southern California desert, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. .
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, Huang Ting-kung, 30, is accused of meeting his business partner Kuanlun Wang, 37, in the desert on October 12 and shooting him in the head. The suspect then allegedly placed the victim’s body in his Tesla and drove back to the victim’s home in Brea.
Upon arriving in Brea, Mr Gong is said to have used a hammer to attack Mr Wang’s wife, Jing Li, 37. After the assault, prosecutors said, the suspect put Lee in his Tesla and drove her to the San Bernardino desert, where he shot her to death and burned her body.
It was after shooting Mr Lee that Mr Gong allegedly returned to Brea to retrieve Mr Wang’s body. He then dumped his business partner’s body in the Riverside County desert and burned it, authorities said. He then took the couple’s car to another desert area and set the car on fire.
After the murder, the suspect returned to the victim’s home on Oct. 14 and stole about $250,000 worth of watches, shoes, handbags and clothing, prosecutors said.
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in a statement: “The callousness of murdering a human being and then driving around in the victim’s car with the victim’s body in the car to carry out the rest of the plot is outrageous. , it is not adequately described by the word depravity.” “No one deserves the fate of being executed and set on fire in the middle of the desert in a desperate attempt by a murderer to cover up his crime. We stand by the victims and their loved ones. We are committed to pursuing justice.”
Mr. Gong’s family reported this to Brea police on October 15th, and he was arrested after not hearing from Mr. Wang for several days, which was unusual. During the call to police, a relative told law enforcement that the suspect owed the victim $80,000.
The suspect is charged with murder, kidnapping, two counts of arson of property, and first-degree robbery. In addition, he faces a special circumstances enhancement for committing murder during kidnapping.
Prosecutors explained that special circumstances murder cases require a commission to consider whether to pursue the death penalty. In such cases, the prosecutor and defense attorney must present arguments. The district attorney then makes a decision.
Gong is scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 2 in Santa Ana.
