Law enforcement sources confirmed that Nelson Chia, the boyfriend arrested in the murder-for-hire slaying of Dr. Lili Xu in Oakland's Little Saigon, fatally hanged himself at Santa Rita Jail Friday afternoon.
Nelson Chia, 73, was arrested Friday on suspicion of orchestrating the killing of Lili Xu, 60, in "what appears to be a murder for hire," Oakland police said.
Kevin Brunner was arrested on Oct. 1 and accused of trying to burn his ex-girlfriend's belongings in her apartment. As he tells it, he was trying to fight off a bear.
Authorities say a 73-year-old man arrested on suspicion of hiring someone to kill his girlfriend, a prominent San Francisco Bay Area dentist, died by suicide while in police custody