Politics & Government
County Offers $30,000 Reward for Help Solving Murder of Diamond Bar Couple
Authorities hope a $30,000 reward will help solve the 2016 stabbing murders of a Diamond Bar Couple that ran an art school.
DIAMOND BAR, CA - Authorities are offering a $30,000 reward for help solving the murders of a Diamond Bar couple, who ran an art school in their home.
Cheng Long "David" Wang, 60, and Mei Chu "Marian" Chung, 57, were found stabbed to death on Oct. 20, 2016, in the 3300 block of Bent Twig Lane, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
A friend who went there to check on their welfare at the request of family members found who had not heard from Wang and Chung, the sheriff's department reported.
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At a news conference Wednesday morning to announce the reward, the couple's son, Gary Wang, appealed for public help to find whoever killed his parents.
"My parents were educators (who) touched the lives of many children and their parents by creating something beautiful," Gary Wang said. "They were taken away ... so suddenly and so brutally. ... They (didn't) deserve a death like this."
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The reward was offered by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for information leading to the arrest of the suspect or suspects in the killings.
Anyone with information on the case was urged to call the Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500, or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222- TIPS.
City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report. Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
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