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Oberlin, Ohio, USA — Two People Found Shot Dead in a Home; Oberlin College Professor Among the Victims

Police carrying out a welfare check on the morning of Wednesday, October 28 found two people dead with multiple gunshot wounds inside a home on South Pleasant Street. One victim was Pipo Nguyen-Duy, 64, a professor of studio art and photography at Oberlin College. The second victim, a 47-year-old woman, has not yet been publicly named. Police arrested Daniel Jones, 31, of Ashland, Oregon, the same morning without incident. Charges are pending and the investigation continues.

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Date
October 28, 2026
Location
Oberlin, Ohio
Victims
Pipo Nguyen-Duy, 64, and a 47-year-old woman (name not yet released)
Suspect
Daniel Jones, 31, of Ashland, Oregon — in custody, charges pending
Stage
CHARGED

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Evidence

Next expected update: Charges against Jones and the second victim identified

Timeline

  1. NEW CHARGED

    Update #3 — Defendant faces a separate harassment-by-an-inmate charge

    Jail and court records in the Oberlin case show a separate charge of harassment by an inmate against the defendant, Daniel Jones, also listed as Asia Nguyen-Duy, 31, with the offence dated Sunday, November 1. Bond on the separate charge is $2,500, bringing his total bond to $3,002,500, and that case has a court date of November 9. The murder case itself — six counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault and one count of tampering over the shooting deaths of Professor Pipo Nguyen-Duy and his wife Tran Thi Phong — has been sent to the Lorain County grand jury after the preliminary hearing was waived. No grand jury indictment has been reported yet. We are following this case and will update it again as soon as new information comes.

  2. CHARGED

    Update #2 — Prosecutor: suspect asked neighbor to film a confession

    Prosecutors say the suspect, covered in scratches and blood, knocked on a neighbor's door and asked to be filmed confessing to the killings, saying they were "escaping a cult." The suspect legally changed their name in 2025 to Asia Nguyen-Duy. Police found the suspect's smoldering, modified car in an Oberlin College lot with loose ammunition inside.

  3. CHARGED

    Update #1 — Daniel Jones charged with 11 counts — $3 million bond; stepmother identified as Tran Thi Phong, 56

    Daniel Jones, 31, of Ashland, Oregon, has been charged in the shooting deaths of his father and stepmother in Oberlin, Ohio. An updated Oberlin police release and court records say Jones faces 11 charges: six counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault and one count of tampering with evidence. Police have now identified the second victim as Tran Thi Phong, 56, the stepmother of Jones and wife of Oberlin College professor Pipo Hieu Nguyen-Duy, 64 (early reports had given her age as 47; police have now named her and given her age as 56). Jones made his initial court appearance on Thursday afternoon, October 29, in Oberlin Municipal Court, where a judge set his bond at $3 million. His case will be bound over to a grand jury in Lorain County Common Pleas Court. We are following this case and will update it again as soon as new information comes.

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