Oberlin professor and wife killed by son, police say
The gist
Police say Daniel Jones, 31, killed his father, Oberlin professor Pipo Nguyen-Duy, and his stepmother.
The case has shaken the Ohio town where the professor taught since 1998.
How it unfolded
- Oct 28, 2026Around 8:57 a.m., Oberlin police went to the Oberlin College Conservatory parking lot at 77 East College Street to help firefighters with a smoking vehicle that may have been on fire.
- Oct 28, 2026Around 10:19 a.m., officers found the vehicle's registered owner, a 31-year-old man from Ashland, Oregon, in the 200 block of Shipherd Circle and took him into custody without incident.
- Oct 28, 2026Around 10:28 a.m., officers checking on the suspect's family at 33 South Pleasant Street found Pipo Nguyen-Duy, 64, on the first floor and Tran Thi Phong on the second floor, both with multiple gunshot wounds.