Woman who murdered her wife with huge Samurai sword gets lengthy prison sentence

 

A woman who murdered her wife using a samurai sword has been sentenced to 37 years to life in prison.Weichien Huang, 45, learned her fate on Monday, after jurors convicted her of murdering Chen Chen Fei, 47, and attempting to murder Fei's mother Hsi Wei Huang in July 2024.

Huang stabbed her wife 13 times during an argument about their looming divorce at their home in San Dimas, Los Angeles, on July 18, 2024.

Her mother-in-law was awoken by her daughter's screams, entered the bedroom, and witnessed the carnage, according to the San Gabriel Tribune.

Huang slashed Hsi multiple times, but she managed to fight off the attack and escaped the house with the Japanese katana sword.

Hsi appeared by video in the Pomona courtroom from Taiwan on November 3 and spoke through a Mandarin interpreter about the traumatic event.

'I don't understand what kind of hate will lead her to kill like that,' Hsi said.

'She was using the sword, trying to suck as much blood from people like a vampire. She was enjoying [seeing] the blood coming out. There was no regret at all, acting like a vampire. Trying to kill us all. She doesn't show any regret at all.'

Officers arrived on the scene around 3.30pm and found Fei's mother in the middle of the road, calling for help while covered in blood and open wounds.

Authorities ordered Hsi to drop the weapon, and then she led them back to the house and to her daughter's body.

When deputies entered, they found Fei dead in the room where she had been attacked. 

Huang was laying on a bed next to a bottle of medication at the time of the discovery.

L.A. County Deputy District Attorney Brittany Saleeby said Huang attempted to take her own life to avoid responsibility for her actions.

The defense argued that the wife killer was in a state of 'voluntary intoxicated causing unconsciousness' - a condition where a person can move but is not aware of their actions.

The wife killer claims that she had no recollection of killing Fei or attempting to stab her mother-in-law, according to prosecutors.

However, Huang did not speak at all during her sentencing.

During the closing remarks, Saleeby referred to the murder as 'angry, dangerous, violent, and controlling.'

At time of the incident, detectives are had a hard time proceeding with their investigation, as the women involved only spoke Mandarin.