The husband of a lady who was discovered useless inside a burned dwelling in San Marino has been arrested on suspicion of homicide, authorities stated.
Firefighters discovered the physique of 56-year-old Irene Gaw-Lai after extinguishing a residential fireplace within the 2600 block of Lorain Highway on the morning of Jan. 6, in line with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Division.
There have been indicators of bodily trauma on her higher physique, officers stated, and L.A. County Sheriff’s detectives started investigating the demise as a murder.
Almost six months later, an arrest has been made. Her husband, Yoon Lai, 63, was detained within the metropolis of San Gabriel on Thursday, in line with the Sheriff’s Division.
Lai is being held on a no bail warrant, and the Sheriff’s Division intends to current the case to the L.A. County district legal professional’s workplace on Tuesday.
The L.A. County medical expert dominated Lai’s explanation for demise as undetermined after post-mortem and toxicology research. Detectives who responded to the preliminary incident stated the lady’s physique was badly burned.
Mates instructed ABC7 Information that Gaw-Lai was the mom of twins and a popular doctor. Neighbors instructed the information channel that she was in the midst of a contentious divorce.
Gaw-Lai filed a petition for divorce of marriage with minor youngsters in August 2024, in line with court docket data. She had filed a earlier petition for divorce from Lai in 2003, in line with court docket data.
Gaw-Lai, who additionally glided by the the final identify Gaw Gonzalo, was a licensed endocrinologist, in line with the Medical Board of California. A number of of her sufferers left mournful messages on the Yelp web page of her Arcadia follow.
“Superb Endocrinologist! So sadden for her loss. The employees was simply as likeable {and professional} as her, which is de facto exhausting to search out within the medical trade,” wrote one affected person. “I miss her a lot and nonetheless making an attempt to soak up the tragic loss to the trade. I knew my well being was on a optimistic path due to her.”
Her husband initially instructed investigators that he had taken their two sons to baseball follow and returned to search out their home on fireplace, Sheriff’s Lt. Steven De Jong instructed ABC7 Information on the day of the fireplace.
