in their Arcadia home and for attacking his estranged wife with a wood-cutting tool at the couple’s La Cañada Flintridge residence.The teens’ father spoke at the sentencing and at one point stopped and cried. A photo of his sons was displayed on the court projector.
On Thursday in court, Deputy District Attorney MacKenzie Teymouri read a statement from Vicki Huang, the boys’ mom.Huang called Shi an evil man.Crime and Public Safety |After the tragedy, Huang said in her statement, she spent seven months in a near-vegetative state. She was depressed, relied on medication, saw psychiatrists and psychologists.
In the trial, Amy Lin testified that Shi had hit her for years and he didn’t like her parents, her brother and sister-in-law. She filed for a temporary restraining order, and his mother-in-law also asked for one, for suspicion of elder abuse.