Law enforcement sources confirmed that Nelson Chia, the boyfriend arrested in the murder-for-hire slaying of Dr. Lili Xu in Oakland's Little Saigon, fatally hanged himself at Santa Rita Jail Friday afternoon.
Authorities say a 73-year-old man arrested on suspicion of hiring someone to kill his girlfriend, a prominent San Francisco Bay Area dentist, died by suicide while in police custody
Two men were arrested Thursday in connection with the August murder of Lili Xu in Oakland's Little Saigon neighborhood, and one of the suspects is Xu's longtime boyfriend who was with her at the time of the killing.
An Alameda County sheriff s deputy faces two counts of murder as well as several special allegations and the prospect of death-penalty consideration in connection with the brutal slayings of a couple in their Dublin house Wednesday.