Unsettled divorce led to murder-suicide, friends say
The man believed to have shot his ex-wife ahead of shooting himself Friday desired to resume living with his ex-wife -- or be paid for his reveal from the house and dried out cleaning enterprise they had as soon as owned together, pals and co-workers said Monday, May 17.
From the city's primary murder because 2008, Cho Yong Chang, 70, and his ex-wife In Ku Lee, 62, were found dead May 14 inside Vogue Dry Cleaners on Escuela Avenue by an employee. Each received been shot plus a gun was determined on the scene, law enforcement said. There was no sign of breaking and entering.
Police are classifying the case like a murder-suicide, but usually are not ruling out the possibility of an double murder.
"We're not discounting the possibility that it might be a staged murder-suicide," law enforcement spokesperson Liz Wylie explained Tuesday morning. "But so far we have uncovered practically nothing that points to that."
Law enforcement say Lee was shot by someone else various instances in the torso and after to the head, though Chang died from one gunshot wound for the neck.
"Evidence gleaned through the autopsy additional confirms our current classification as murder-suicide with (Chang) as the shooter," law enforcement spokesperson Liz Wylie stated in an email Tuesday.
Siaby Singh, a clerk with the 7-11 keep across the street from Vogue Dried up Cleaners, mentioned that men and women inside neighborhood looked up to Chang, and that some even referred to as him "Mayor." Chang would pay a visit to enterprises inside the nearby strip malls various instances a day to socialize.
"People went to him for help and advice," Singh said. When the warm food at 7-11 was about to expire, Chang would take it to some struggling family living behind the dried up cleaners, Singh mentioned. "That's the form of person he was," Singh mentioned.
"He was a trustworthy person," Singh claimed. "It was like losing spouse and children."
Chang worked for Lee immediately after their divorce so that you can make a residing since "he had to," Singh mentioned. Santa Clara County court records reportedly display that Lee received been ordered to pay Chang $350,000 in their 2004 divorce where Lee became seller of a Santa Clara residence. Decades later, Chang felt he experienced even now not received his reveal, Singh mentioned, but "he was by no means angry."
"Let me get my share and go back to Japan," is what Chang was saying to his ex-wife, Singh said. Chang was born in Japan but of Korean descent, based on an worker in the dried out cleaner.
By all accounts, Chang was a "nice, friendly guy," mentioned an employee Tony and Alba's Pizza, a different company for the corner of Latham and Escuela streets wherever Chang would socialize while using staff. "He will definitely be missed," said the employee, who asked that his name not be applied.
Anthony Salciccia Jr., whose family members owns Tony and Alba's, stated men and women from the neighborhood were shocked and saddened by the deaths.
Chang and Lee had also operated Calderon Dried out Cleaners at Calderon and Church streets. Each stores have been apparently signed in excess of to Lee at some point, though Chang obtained been an proprietor for more than 20 a long time, close friends mentioned. Each Lee and Chang also obtained kids from previous marriages.
An worker from the Calderon retailer explained Chang would are available in day-to-day to aid run the place, which can be now managed by a daughter of Lee's. He seemed "lonely and depressed," the worker claimed. "He did not have any hope."
"He wanted to are living with her, but she did not wish to live with him," the worker stated of Chang and Lee.
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By philromero - May 21st, 2010, 19:21, Category: General
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