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Son in custody after Oberlin professor dad and stepmother shot dead in Ohio
The Guardian • • nation
Key Points:
- Oberlin College professor of photography Pipo Nguyen-Duy and his wife, Tran Thi Phong, were found shot to death in their home, prompting a major investigation.
- Their son, Daniel Jones, 31, was arrested and charged with multiple counts including six counts of murder, and is being held on $3 million bail; he did not enter a plea.
- Authorities discovered a car fire linked to Jones, found ammunition and his identification in the vehicle, and took him into custody after a resident reported a disheveled man at her door.
- Jones’s mother informed police that he has a mental illness and requires medication, adding context to the investigation into the motive.
- Pipo Nguyen-Duy was a respected Oberlin College faculty member and Guggenheim fellow who immigrated to the U.S. from Vietnam as a political refugee in 1975.
