Calif. Man Accused of Killing Husband and Wife, Burning Their Bodies in the Desert and Stealing $250,000
Mar. 15, 2025Huangting Gong.Photo:Orange County District Attorney’s Office
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A California man has been charged with killing a husband and wife, then setting their bodies on fire in the desert.
On Tuesday, Nov. 12, the Orange County District Attorney’s Officeannouncedthat 30-year-old Huangting Gong of Glendale was charged with special circumstances murder over the deaths of Kuanlun Wang, 37, and his wife Jing Li Wang, 37.
Gong has also been charged with a felony count of kidnapping, two felony counts of arson of property and two felony counts of first-degree burglary. If convicted, he is eligible “for a maximum sentence of life without the possibility of parole” or the “death penalty," the District Attorney’s Office added.
Huangting Gong.Orange County District Attorney’s Office
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Two days later on Oct. 14, the family member said they attempted to contact Gong again “after seeing a man on Kuanlun’s patio on surveillance video,” however, he “denied that it was him." After that, their “access to the video surveillance system was cut off,” per the statement.
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer.Mindy Schauer/MediaNewsGroup/Orange County Register via Getty
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According to the District Attorney’s office, Gong allegedly met Kuanlun in the desert on Oct. 12, where he shot him in the head before stuffing his body into his Tesla car and driving back to the family home in Brea. He is also accused of “attacking” and “hitting” Jang Li “with a hammer” while “forcing her to give him her phone’s password.”
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The District Attorney’s office said that after Gong “disposed” of the two bodies and Teslas he returned to the Wang’s home on Oct. 14 and stole “nearly $250,000 worth of watches, shoes, handbags and clothing.”
“Depravity does not adequately describe the callousness involved to kill a human being and then drive around in the victim’s own car with his body inside in order to carry out the rest of his plan,” said Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer.
Gong’s arraignment is scheduled for Dec. 2.
source: people.com
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