A San Dimas woman was sentenced Monday, Nov. 3, to 37 years to life in prison for killing her wife with a Japanese sword at their home in July 2024 and then trying to slay her mother-in-law.

Weichien Huang, 45, didn’t make a statement during her sentencing at Pomona Superior Court.

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A jury convicted her on Oct. 28 of first-degree murder, attempted murder, corporal injury on a spouse and destroying or damaging a cellphone to prevent notifying police or to seek other help.

The last two counts happened on May 15, 2023 — a month before the killing — when Weichien Huang threw a cellphone at the face of her wife, Chen Chen Fei, 47, during an argument. She also broke the phone by throwing it the ground when Fei said she was going to call 911.

Fei’s mother, Hsi Wei Huang, call

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