Doctor charged in knife deaths of partner, son
newsobserver.com / published Weds August 17, 2011
BY CHRISTINE CLARRIDGE - Seattle Times
SEATTLE -- Former Duke University doctor Louis Chao Chen was charged Tuesday with two counts of aggravated murder in connection with the deaths of his partner and their nearly 3-year-old son last week in a Seattle high-rise apartment.
If convicted, Chen, 39, could face either life in prison or the death penalty.
The bodies of Eric Cooper, 29, and the couple's son, Cooper Chen, were found Thursday in their penthouse in Seattle's First Hill neighborhood. In charging documents, prosecutors allege that Cooper was stabbed at least 100 times, including on his face, neck, chest, back and hands. The child suffered numerous cuts to his neck, documents say.
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Chen, Cooper and the child had just moved to Seattle from Durham in July. They spent two years in Durham while Chen had a two-year clinical fellowship in endocrinology at Duke. Cooper apparently stayed at their Ivy Meadow Lane home with the child while Chen worked.
Cooper Chen was conceived with Chen's sperm and the egg of an anonymous donor, then was carried to term by a surrogate mother. When the child was born nearly three years ago, he was adopted by Eric Cooper.
The two men met about 12 years ago when Chen was attending the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and Cooper was a 17-year-old high-school senior in Tinley Park, Ill.
The men moved in 2000 to California, where Chen did his residency in internal medicine at the University of California, San Diego. They also had lived in Minneapolis, where Chen was granted a faculty appointment at the University of Minnesota and served as an attending physician at the VA Hospital, while Cooper earned his bachelor's degree from the university.
The child was born while they were living in Minnesota.
After the move to Durham, Chen obtained a grant to study diabetics with gastric problems, according to publications.
READ: LOUIS CHAO CHEN KILLS ERIC COOPER AND SON
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
DOUGLASVILLE,GA: BOY,14,HACKS GREAT-GRANDMOTHER WITH SWORD
14-year-old slays great-grandmother with sword, stabs grandmother over video game dispute
BY Philip Caulfield
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, August 16th 2011
A deranged Georgia teen hacked his great-grandmother to death with a sword and stabbed his grandmother after they told him to stop playing a video game, cops and neighbors said.
Douglas County police said the boy, 14, was stalking the front lawn of his Douglasville, Ga., home with a sword and a pellet gun when they showed up on Monday afternoon, CBS Atlanta reported.
His 77-year-old great-grandmother’s body lay on the lawn, while his grandmother, who was in her 50s, had barricaded herself in a room, police said.
"He came out with a pellet gun and shot two windows out of a patrol car that was sitting there. He was shooting at us with the pellet gun and swinging the sword around in the air," Douglas County Sheriff Phil Miller told CBS.
Deputies managed to distract the teen before sending a police dog to take him down.
"We sent a K-9 unit in and he hit the K-9 with the butt of his gun. At that point, we Tased him then took him into custody," Miller told CBS.
The grandmother was taken to a hospital and expected to recover, police said. The great-grandmother was pronounced dead on the scene. No one involved was identified.
READ: GEORGIA TEEN HACKS GREAT GRANDMOTHER WITH SWORD
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BY Philip Caulfield
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, August 16th 2011
A deranged Georgia teen hacked his great-grandmother to death with a sword and stabbed his grandmother after they told him to stop playing a video game, cops and neighbors said.
Douglas County police said the boy, 14, was stalking the front lawn of his Douglasville, Ga., home with a sword and a pellet gun when they showed up on Monday afternoon, CBS Atlanta reported.
His 77-year-old great-grandmother’s body lay on the lawn, while his grandmother, who was in her 50s, had barricaded herself in a room, police said.
"He came out with a pellet gun and shot two windows out of a patrol car that was sitting there. He was shooting at us with the pellet gun and swinging the sword around in the air," Douglas County Sheriff Phil Miller told CBS.
Deputies managed to distract the teen before sending a police dog to take him down.
"We sent a K-9 unit in and he hit the K-9 with the butt of his gun. At that point, we Tased him then took him into custody," Miller told CBS.
The grandmother was taken to a hospital and expected to recover, police said. The great-grandmother was pronounced dead on the scene. No one involved was identified.
READ: GEORGIA TEEN HACKS GREAT GRANDMOTHER WITH SWORD
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/08/16/2011-08 16_14yearold_slays_greatgrandmother_with_sword_stabs_grandmother_over_video_game_di.html?r=news
Monday, August 15, 2011
SEATTLE: DR. LOUIS CHEN STABS MALE PARTNER AND THEIR SON
Police: Doctor admitted to killing partner, son By LEVI PULKKINEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF
Monday, August 15, 2011
As prosecutors weigh charges in the case, Seattle police say a First Hill doctor admitted to killing his partner and 2-year-old adopted son.
In court documents filed Monday, investigators say Dr. Louis C. Chen told officers he killed the boy and his partner after Chen was discovered naked and covered in blood at their apartment Thursday morning.
At 10 a.m. the day the slayings were discovered, a co-worker of Chen’s arrived at the 8th Avenue apartment after he failed to show up to work, according to police statements. She arrived at the 17th-floor apartment to find Chen bloodied and nude, a Seattle detective told the court.
“When officers arrived they found the suspect slumped by the front door,” the detective told the court.
Chen’s partner was found dead inside the apartment, as was the men’s two-year-old son.
Police began delivering first aid to Chen, who remains hospitalized with non-life threatening stab wounds. According to court documents, they also asked Chen about his injuries.
“Who did this to you?” an officer asked.
“What?” Chen allegedly responded.
“Who stabbed you and your partner?” the officer continued.
“I did,” Chen said, according to court documents.
READ: WHY DID LOUIS CHEN STAB PARTNER AND THEIR SON
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Monday, August 15, 2011
As prosecutors weigh charges in the case, Seattle police say a First Hill doctor admitted to killing his partner and 2-year-old adopted son.
In court documents filed Monday, investigators say Dr. Louis C. Chen told officers he killed the boy and his partner after Chen was discovered naked and covered in blood at their apartment Thursday morning.
At 10 a.m. the day the slayings were discovered, a co-worker of Chen’s arrived at the 8th Avenue apartment after he failed to show up to work, according to police statements. She arrived at the 17th-floor apartment to find Chen bloodied and nude, a Seattle detective told the court.
“When officers arrived they found the suspect slumped by the front door,” the detective told the court.
Chen’s partner was found dead inside the apartment, as was the men’s two-year-old son.
Police began delivering first aid to Chen, who remains hospitalized with non-life threatening stab wounds. According to court documents, they also asked Chen about his injuries.
“Who did this to you?” an officer asked.
“What?” Chen allegedly responded.
“Who stabbed you and your partner?” the officer continued.
“I did,” Chen said, according to court documents.
READ: WHY DID LOUIS CHEN STAB PARTNER AND THEIR SON
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