Inside the Han Family Murders
The Investigation, and the Legacy of Dr. Henry Han
Pierre Haobsh, 26, spoke only twice Tuesday in Judge Raimundo Montes De Oca’s courtroom. When asked whether he could hear from his position behind protective glass, he said, “Yes, I can.” When asked if, at prosecutors’ request, he agreed to postpone his arraignment by two weeks, he said, “Yes, I do.”
Wearing a blue button-up shirt, a tie, and at times a half-smile, Haobsh’s tone didn’t betray that, early Friday morning, he was arrested at a San Diego County gas station and charged with three counts of first-degree murder for the brutal killings of well-known herbalist Dr. Weidong “Henry” Han, 57; his wife, Huijie “Jennie” Yu, 29; and the couple’s daughter, Emily Han, 5.
On Wednesday evening, March 23, authorities discovered all three wrapped in clear plastic and duct taped in the garage of their 4640 Greenhill Way home near Goleta. Each had been shot multiple times, and their official cause of death was listed as “gunshot wounds to the head.”
