A jury has found a San Dimas transgender woman guilty of stabbing to death her wife with a Japanese sword then trying to kill her mother-in-law who discovered her daughter lying facedown.

Jurors on Tuesday, Oct. 28, convicted Weichien Huang of the murder of Chen Chen Fei, the attempted murder of her mother-in-law, corporal injury on a spouse, and destroying or damaging a cellphone to prevent notifying police or other help, Deputy District Attorney Brittany Saleeby said.

The domestic violence and destroying a cellphone charges happened on May 15, 2023, during an argument when Huang threw a cellphone at Fei’s face and also broke the phone by throwing it to the ground when Fei said she was going to call 911.

The 45-year-old Huang is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 3 at Pomona Superior C

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