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Suspect in killings of Oberlin professor, wife held on $3 million bond

The Independent·Julie Carr Smyth·about 4 hours ago
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An Oberlin College professor and his wife are dead, and the educator's 31-year-old child is being held on a $3 million bond and facing murder charges in their deaths.

The bodies of Pipo Nguyen-Duy, 64, a studio art and photography professor and acclaimed fine art photographer, and his wife, Tran Thi Nam Phong, 56, were found shot in their home a few blocks off campus on Wednesday, according to police. The professor was on the first floor of the home, his wife on the second.

Asia Nguyen-Duy, previously known as Daniel Jones , of Ashland , Oregon , was arraigned Thursday on charges of murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence, according to court filings. A motive has not yet been released.

The younger Nguyen-Duy, face tattooed and bloodied, was initially carried into the municipal courtroom before later being wheeled in a chair. The suspect said they are gender neutral and no longer go by the name Daniel Jones.…

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