Nelson Chia who was arrested Friday for allegedly murdering his girlfriend, prominent Oakland dentist Lili Xu died by suicide Friday at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, officials said.
A man held in the shooting death of his girlfriend in Oakland's Little Saigon died by suicide at Santa Rita Jail Friday, according to Alameda County Sheriff's Department.
The boyfriend who was arrested in the apparent murder-for-hire slaying of an East Bay dentist died by suicide Friday while in custody, sources tell NBC Bay.
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.