WALNUT CREEK — Police right here have arrested a 36-year-old man after figuring out him as the most recent burglar to focus on the house the place a lady and her mom had been just lately stabbed to demise, court docket information present.
The 36-year-old Harmony resident was arrested on Oct. 7 and subsequently launched from jail. Prosecutors haven’t charged him.
Authorities say {that a} police detective recognized him from video surveillance as one in all two burglars who, on Sept. 25, entered the house on Kelobra Courtroom the place every week earlier 43-year-old Howard Wang allegedly killed his spouse, 41-year-old Linlin Guo, and her mom, Beimin Cheng, earlier than calling 911 and reporting an intruder was accountable.
The double murder occurred on the night time of Sept. 18. The following day, Howard Wang allegedly referred to as a lady with whom he was having an affair, 45-year-old Yan Wang, and instructed her to interrupt into the house, steal proof and eliminate it, authorities mentioned. A police surveillance group caught her throwing luggage of things from her automobile in Oakland, authorities mentioned. Howard Wang was rapidly recognized as a suspect and arrested, court docket information present.
The most recent housebreaking doesn’t seem like a part of the alleged cover-up, however slightly a criminal offense of alternative that occurred seven days after the killings. Police say the 36-year-old Harmony man and a lady, who authorities haven’t recognized, had been seen coming into the house and leaving on bicycles, with suitcases stuffed with stolen objects. A detective recognized the Harmony man from a previous investigation in June, the place he allegedly stole a rental automobile.
Each Howard Wang and Yan Wang — their shared final title is a coincidence, police say — had been remanded to custody and are awaiting trial, court docket information present.
Earlier this week, relations of the victims began a web based fundraiser of their reminiscence, which describes Guo as a mom of two women. The hassle had raised greater than $37,000 as of Tuesday afternoon.
Initially Revealed: October 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM PDT
