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Their mother suffocated on a pullout couch, police say. Now two SoCal women are accused of murder

LA Times · Jun 8, 2026, 9:34 PM · Also reported by 2 other sources

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  • An 81-year-old woman is dead and her two daughters are in custody on suspicion of murder and elder abuse after she was found unresponsive on the couch in their San Diego home, according to media reports.
  • Dispatchers received an emergency call after midnight on March 6 from a resident n the University City neighborhood, San Diego Police Lt.
  • The San Diego Police and Fire departments responded and attempted to revive the woman.

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An 81-year-old woman is dead and her two daughters are in custody on suspicion of murder and elder abuse after she was found unresponsive on the couch in their San Diego home, according to media reports.

Dispatchers received an emergency call after midnight on March 6 from a resident n the University City neighborhood, San Diego Police Lt. Christopher Leahy told the San Diego Union-Tribune. The caller said that family members had found the elderly woman, identified as Kun-Ying Yang, unconscious in her apartment.

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