Man convicted of killing wife, another man at Palm Desert hotel
Jesus Reyes
INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A man was convicted of killing his wife and another man during a domestic violence dispute outside a Palm Desert hotel in 2022.
A jury found Kenny Wu, 37, guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday. He is scheduled to be sentenced on April 17, court records show.
Deputies from the sheriff’s Palm Desert station responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon in the parking lot of the SpringHill Suites hotel in the 72300 block of Highway 111 on the morning of July 15, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Ben Ramirez said.
In the parking lot, deputies found a man and a woman, who were pronounced dead at the scene within minutes of the deputies’ arrival, Ramirez said. Wu was found alive with blunt force trauma to his body and taken to a hospital.
The dead woman was identified as Yaying Wu, 31, also of Palm Desert, the suspect’s wife. Police said the male victim was Jesus Sanchez, 30, of Cathedral City.
“Evidence presented at trial showed that Wu committed the killings after his wife firmly declared she wanted a divorce. The prosecution detailed evidence of stalking, domestic violence, infidelity, and ongoing marital issues leading up to the fatal confrontation,” reads a social media post by the DA’s office.
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