A Washington state college student who had dedicated her studies and career to helping others was stabbed 100 times while defending her mother from her stepfather’s attack in their Seattle home, according to charging documents.
Angelina Tran, a 21-year-old University of Washington student, died as a result of her injuries on Aug 7. Her stepfather, Nghiep Kein Chau, is charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in connection with the attacks against Tran and her mother – all of which was captured on a home surveillance camera.
“This murder appeared to be the result of anger at his stepdaughter for intervening in the defendant’s attack on her mother.
Angelina Tran’s intervention allowed her mother to escape and hide in a nearby bedroom, but the defendant did not stop his attack,” a complaint filed in King County states.
The suspect allegedly punched Tran, who held him back from her mother so that she had a chance to escape downstairs.
Police say he wrestled Tran to the floor of their home, grabbed a knife and began stabbing her in the chest. CCTV footage from inside the home shows Chau stabbing his stepdaughter 107 times, according to a probable cause document.
Chau allegedly “dragged his stepdaughter across the room” and stabbed her with a “large knife.”
He then paused his attack to “change clothes because of all the blood” and to “select a different knife (a meat cleaver) from the kitchen drawer” to continue the brutal crime. Tran’s mother called 911 from the bedroom where she was hiding.
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