Deyun Shin, 52, was convicted on two counts of murder with a special circumstance for using a deadly weapon in the bludgeoning death of his nephews Anthony and William Lin. He was also found guilty of one felony count of injuring his then-spouse, Yujin “Amy” Lin.
A San Gabriel Valley man was found guilty of murder by an Alhambra court Wednesday of bludgeoning his two nephews to death during an overnight rampage that began when he attacked and hospitalized his wife in 2016.
Deyun Shi, 52, was convicted on two counts of murder with a special circumstance for using a deadly weapon in the deaths of 15-year-old Anthony Lin and 16-year-old William Lin. He also was found guilty of one felony count of injuring his then-spouse, Yujin “Amy” Lin.
But in a bizarre twist, relatives allege that Shi’s wife may have been instigating her husband to act out violently for her own financial benefit.
Meanwhile, Shi and his legal team were back in court Thursday trying to establish an insanity defense.
A call to Shi’s defense team was not immediately returned.
The facts and timeline of the events that took place on Jan. 21, 2016, and into the early hours of the following morning were not in dispute.
Shi had learned that Lin was filing for divorce that afternoon, according to court documents.
The wealthy importer and businessman left a Pasadena courthouse where terms of a restraining order made by his mother-in-law against him were being discussed. A short time later, he initiated wire transfers totaling slightly less than $450,000 to people in his Chinese hometown.
Later that night, Shi assaulted his wife at the family home in La Cañada Flintridge.
Shi hit her with a metal wood-splitting tool while she sat next to their 8-year-old son, fracturing her nose and slashing her face.
