台湾贵妇陨命洛杉矶豪宅 入室窃贼连开五枪(图)
倍可亲(backchina.com)美国加州19日发生一起光天化日闯入豪宅开枪杀人的命案，受害人是来自台湾的45岁妇女徐晓，她在打911电话报警时，遭闯入自宅的歹徒连开五枪身亡。警方表示，根据现场分析，初步锁定嫌犯是西班牙语裔，歹徒应不止一人，不过，这起白昼入室盗窃命案，背景恐不单纯。
不排除园丁或临时雇员涉案
据台湾《中国时报》报道，洛杉矶郡警局表示，这起凶案发生在19日中午左右，当时受害人打911报警，表示有歹徒翻越围篱，企图打破玻璃窗闯入家中，但话才说到一半，接线生就听到多起枪声。当警察赶到现场时，发现45岁的徐晓已身中五枪，伤重不治。
徐晓的44岁丈夫罗勃·钱闻讯赶回家里，目睹爱妻倒卧在血泊中，情绪陷入崩溃。恶耗传出后，随后有不少亲友前往钱家慰问。这对夫妇皆来自台湾，徐晓以米歇尔·钱之名，从事房地产中介工作，而罗勃·钱则在核桃市拥有一家A－Top电脑公司。两人育有一男一女，男孩就读当地中学，女孩还在念小学。
Homicide detectives and a K-9 unit survey the scene in West Covina, Calif., where a woman was found dead.
洛杉矶郡警局凶杀组多名警探20日一整天都在宅内进行相关调查搜证，并在附近草丛找到一把作案手枪和一副手套。案发时，钱宅自动黑色铁大门呈开启状态，但已故障，警方搜证之后已请技师修复。钱宅的门前挂有内设监视器的告示牌，但显然未有吓阻功效，警方表示，歹徒没有从正门逃逸，可能越过后院只有半人高的围墙逃走。警探罗森伯格（Dan Rosenberg）指出，从现场分析，受害人当时处于无防备状态，也无迹象显示她要伤害入侵者，但不知为何，歹徒还是开枪杀死她。
This undated photo provided by the California Department of Motor Vehicles shows Hsiao Hsu, who was fatally shot in her multi-million dollar West Covina, Calif., home Wednesday, March 19, 2008, while she was on the phone with a 911 operator. (AP Photo/California Department of Motor Vehicles)
华裔富豪爱炫耀财富惹觊觎
当地媒体报道，由于警犬指引方向与邻居发现凶手逃逸地点相符，警方不排除有园丁、临时雇工或相关人士涉案的可能。警方说，近期圣·盖博华华裔聚居城市发生多起住宅窃案，歹徒多锁定一些百万豪宅，这可能与某些华裔富豪平时爱炫耀财富、习惯在家中藏金纳银，以致引狼入室。
住在钱宅隔壁的邻居艾琳·马奎兹（Irene Marqu说，钱姓夫妇去年8月才搬到这幢拥有私人游泳池、网球场、六房四卫浴四车库、室内面积6000平方英尺，价值超过两百万美元的三层楼庭院豪宅。 “他们是非常和善的人，刚搬来时，还专程拿糖果登门拜访邻居自我介绍”。外传，钱姓夫妇颇为富裕，另外还拥有两幢宅邸。
居民惊：治安优竟发生惨案
钱姓夫妇居住的豪宅区位于西柯汶纳与核桃市交界的东卡麦隆大道，当地治安一向良好。艾琳表示，案发当时，她家里的四只阿富汗犬突然狂吠不止，没想到是女邻居惨遭横祸。她说，因为有养狗，原本她们家都不锁门的，案发之后，她和孙子们都吓坏了，这几天都门窗紧闭，“我有点害怕，因为这附近有许多空地或草丛可以躲藏。”
住在西柯汶纳豪宅区的一名华裔居民表示，豪宅区鲜少有外人进入，某些地段不开车根本无法出入，住户邻里间都很熟识，彼此守候相助，有时连小孩玩耍太吵闹，也会遭到邻居的投诉，这起白昼入室杀人案，不排除是熟悉钱家的内贼所为。
SoCal Area Jittery After 911-Call Death
Residents of an upscale community were on edge Friday as detectives sought whoever shot a neighbor to death in her gated, high-security mansion as she called 911.
Hsiao Hsu, 45, was shot as many as five times just before noon Wednesday, investigators told the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. The woman died at the scene, a nearly 6,000-square-foot home with a tennis court, swimming pool and four-car garage in hills just outside the suburban city of West Covina.
Hsu's husband, Robert Chien, 44, collapsed when he found out about the shooting and has since remained in seclusion, the Tribune said. The couple's two children were not home at the time, and Chien was not considered a suspect.
Irene Marquez, who lives next door, said that she doesn't usually lock her home because she has watch dogs, but that Thursday night her grandchildren were so scared they locked all the doors.
"I'm a little worried. There's so many places to hide around here _ empty lots and wilderness," Marquez said Friday.
Burglaries in the area are rare, police said. None were reported in February and March until Wednesday.
"I've had a half-dozen phone calls from people in the area trying to get more information," West Covina police Lt. Dan Brooks said Friday.
Authorities said the tape of the 911 call, in which the dispatcher heard two shots, was not likely to be released.
"Probably the first time it's heard will be (as evidence) in court," said Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.
Hsu was an immigrant from Taiwan and a real estate agent who worked under the name Michelle Chien, said longtime friend Henry Chu of Walnut.
"We all belonged to the Overseas Chinese Youth Association together," Henry Chu said. "My daughter and her daughter did activities together. Most of us in that group have stayed in touch."
Robert Chien is president of A-Top Industries, a computer case manufacturer in nearby Industry. A spokesman for the company, Matthew Mak, told the newspaper that Hsu was "the best human in the world. She helped all the people around her. She was a very, very nice person, the best."
