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Advisory Message has been issued by the LASD - Headquarters Newsroom (SHB), Los Angeles County Sheriff.

Friday September 17, 2010 4:53 PM PDT

San Gabriel Valley resident arrested for murder and kidnap for ransom. Click the link for Suspect photo and more info

On Wednesday, September 8th 2010 Suspect Deqiang Song met the victim in the San Gabriel Valley for a planned trip to the Santa Anita Shopping Mall. The victim, a 21 year old Chinese woman, had met Suspect Song, in a social club, one week earlier. She knew him by the alias of “Xia-Yu” (Sha-Yu).

During the afternoon, the suspect detoured the outing to the Apple Valley area, San Bernardino County, using a fabricated errand. Already within the suspect’s vehicle were the instruments he ultimately used to commit the kidnapping and attempted murder of the victim. After reaching a remote area between Victorville and Apple Valley, the suspect drove down a secluded dirt road. He proceeded to bind the victim, and used the victim’s phone to make his initial call to her father, demanding a ransom in exchange for her safe return.

Suspect Song then donned latex gloves and strangled the victim with a cord, until he believed she was dead. After realizing that the victim was still breathing, Suspect Song used a knife to slash the victim’s throat. After removing her restraints, Suspect Song left the victim for dead and returned to the San Gabriel Valley to continue his mission of obtaining the ransom money.

After receiving the initial ransom call, the victim’s father called 9-1-1 and reported the kidnapping to Sheriff’s deputies. Sheriff’s Major Crimes Detectives were dispatched and began the search for the victim. Efforts to locate the victim and the suspect continued as Investigators, through the father, negotiated with the suspect to obtain the victim’s safe return.

During the investigation, detectives learned that the victim had been located. After regaining consciousness, she reportedly walked approximately two miles through the desert to a house, where residents called 9-1-1. She was airlifted to an Antelope Valley Hospital, where she underwent emergency surgery to save her life.

Simultaneously, detectives agreed to a ransom payment in an effort to lure the kidnapper into the open. Hours later, a ransom drop was made in the city of San Gabriel. The suspect was subsequently arrested while attempting to retrieve the ransom money. Inside of his vehicle at the scene, investigators located the victim’s cell phone, which the suspect had used to communicate his demands, and some property belonging to the victim. On Friday, September 10th, detectives located the apparent crime scene in the desert area, where additional evidence was located and collected.

In the days since the incident, investigators have determined that the suspect acted alone in the crime and was positively identified by the victim as her lone attacker. It has been established that the suspect immigrated to the Chinatown area of Chicago, Illinois, from the She n-Yang (Young) Provence of China, in 2008.

He traveled to California during the last week of July, 2010 and has kept residence in the San Gabriel Valley, since then. His vehicle is a black, 2009 Toyota Venza, four-door, with Illinois license number H897160.

Sheriff’s Detectives are asking the public’s assistance in providing any possible information about the suspect and to identify any other crimes for which DEQIANG SONG may be responsible. The planning, sophistication and elaborate nature of this crime, may indicate that this is not the only crime in which this suspect is involved.

Sheriff's Detectives encourage anyone with information which will assist us to contact LASD Headquarters Bureau at 323-267-4800. If you prefer to provide information ANONYMOUSLY, you can call 'Crime Stoppers' by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.

For full details, go to https://local.nixle.com/alert/3494384/?sub_id=309492.


Contact Information:

Robert Boese III
Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau



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