{"id":97905,"date":"2025-07-27T23:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T23:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/97905\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T23:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T23:19:14","slug":"asu-prof-david-zhu-peoria-man-accused-of-killing-neighbors-dog-due-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/97905\/","title":{"rendered":"ASU Prof. David Zhu, Peoria man accused of killing neighbor’s dog due in court"},"content":{"rendered":"

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David Zhu and Kenneth McGaughey <\/p>\n

PHOENIX<\/strong> – Two suspects in well-known cases in the Valley are expected in court on Monday, July 28.<\/p>\n

ASU Professor David Zhu is accused of killing his wife last summer in Scottsdale, and Kenneth McGaughey is accused of killing his neighbor’s dog with a shovel in Peoria.<\/p>\n

David Zhu \"\" <\/p>\n

Arizona State University professor David Zhu<\/strong><\/a> is scheduled to appear in court Monday, accused of murdering his wife inside their Scottsdale home.<\/p>\n

The shooting happened on Aug. 17 near 130th Street and Shea Boulevard<\/strong><\/a> around 6:30 p.m. Zhu was arrested and is accused of first-degree murder.<\/p>\n

Court documents allege Zhu admitted to hitting her during a fight.<\/p>\n

The wife is Susan Yijuan Yan, 46.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, the couple’s 19-year-old daughter and 14-year-old son were inside the home at the time of the shooting.<\/p>\n

Zhu is accused of 1st degree premeditated murder<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kenneth McGaughey \"\" <\/p>\n

Kenneth McGaughey, a Peoria man accused of killing his neighbor’s dog<\/strong><\/a>, is scheduled for a court hearing.<\/p>\n

Investigators say McGaughey was caught on camera killing a Chihuahua with a shovel after it wandered into his yard.<\/p>\n

On April 26, FOX 10 spoke to McGaughey outside his home where he claimed he acted in defense of his own pets.<\/p>\n

“He had the cat in his mouth. I didn\u2019t wanna see him hold the cat. I just wanna throw them out the gate. That\u2019s all I wanted to do. I didn\u2019t wanna kill him, but (expletive) happens,” said McGaughey.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Peoria Police recommended felony animal cruelty charges to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Phoenix<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article David Zhu and Kenneth McGaughey PHOENIX – Two suspects in well-known cases in the Valley are expected…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":97906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,6082,1588,50,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-97905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-crime-publicsafety","12":"tag-maricopa-county","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-phoenix","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114927761551632468","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97905","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=97905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}