{"id":234799,"date":"2025-09-17T21:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/234799\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T21:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:48:10","slug":"couple-arrested-in-houston-after-being-connected-to-california-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/234799\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple arrested in Houston after being connected to California murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A man and woman linked to the fatal beating of a man in California have both been arrested in Houston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Their arrests were announced Wednesday by the Anaheim Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Brittany Vidal, 37, was arrested on Sept. 2 and charged with accessory to murder. Christopher Do, 35, was arrested the following day and charged with murder. Anaheim authorities said the Houston Police Department assisted with the arrests.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The case stems from a June 15 incident, when 65-year-old Tien Luu was dropped off at a hospital in Garden Grove, California, with injuries consistent with a severe beating. He had arrived in a blue Mercedes-Benz sedan driven by a man wearing a black mask.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Luu was pronounced dead on June 20, and his cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Data from Luu\u2019s cellphone led investigators to an acquaintance who knew a man who drove a blue sedan similar to the one seen at the hospital. Although that man was not the driver, he connected authorities to Vidal and Do, who were in a dating relationship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Another acquaintance told investigators he had heard that Luu was suspected of flirting with Vidal in front of Do at a \u201cslap house,\u201d a location known for drug deals. The day after the alleged flirting, authorities say Do returned to the residence with a baseball bat and struck Luu in the head eight times.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Do later returned the car to its owner after taking Luu to the hospital, warning him not to drive it because of its connection to the beating, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Cellphone data ultimately linked Vidal to the Houston area. Both she and Do were found at an apartment in the 3000 block of Summer Street in Houston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">On Sept. 9, Do and Vidal were extradited to California to face charges in Luu\u2019s death. They are both being held without bail at the Orange County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man and woman linked to the fatal beating of a man in California have both been arrested&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":49908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[20680,276,4219,4345,9620,50,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-234799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-murder","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115221843359964053","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}