Thong Le was sentenced to death by the State of Mississippi for the murder of a mother and her two children. According to court documents Thong Le and accomplice turned a robbery into a bloodbath with the murders of Minh Huynh, and her daughters Thanh and Thuy Nguyen. Thong Le would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death. Thong Le accomplice Ngan Tran would commit suicide while in custody
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Thong Le 2021 Information
Race: ASIAN OR PACIFI | Sex: MALE | Date of Birth: 06/10/1983 |
Height: 5′ 4” | Weight: 130 | Complexion: LIGHT BROWN |
Build: SMALL | Eye Color: BROWN | Hair Color: BLACK |
Entry Date: 08/28/2002 | Location: MSP | UNIT: UNIT 29 |
Location Change Date: 04/02/2019 | Number of Sentences: 1 | Total Length: DEATH |
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Thong Le and Ngan Tran were indicted for capital murder in the beating and strangulation deaths of Minh Heiu Thi Huynh and her two daughters, Thuy, age eleven, and Than, age fifteen. Ngan Tran, who was believed to have committed the actual killings, took his own life while in custody. Le went to trial and was sentenced to death by lethal injection.
At Le’s trial the State presented evidence which showed that the pair had gone to Huynh’s home for the purpose of robbing her. The two were admitted into the apartment by the children, who were home alone. When Huynh returned, she and the children were bound, savagely beaten and strangled to death. Le and Tran spent hours attempting to sanitize the scene with water and bleach. The two left with $1,300 cash and a book bag containing some household items. Following their arrest, Tran hanged himself in his cell. Le went to trial where he was convicted of capital murder committed during the course of a robbery. He was sentenced to death by lethal injection