Soothsayer killer sentenced to death
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April 25, 2010, Sunday
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A WOMAN has been sentenced to death in the United States for murdering a Vietnamese fortune teller and her daughter after she was told to get over a lost lover.
Tanya Nelson, 45, of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, was sentenced for masterminding the stabbings of soothsayer Ha "Jade" Smith, 52, and Anita Vo, 23, in 2005.
Nelson hired Smith, known as Miss Ha in Orange County's Vietnamese community, to get her ex-lover back. But when Smith told her to accept reality, she became upset. Smith and her daughter were stabbed up to 10 times.
Nelson lured an accomplice, Phillipe Zamora, 55, into the scheme by promising to fix him up with gay sex partners. Zamora, a key witness against Nelson, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison last month.
Nelson, who uses the name Phuong Thao Nguyen, was also convicted of robbery for stealing Smith's jewelry after the murders.
Tanya Nelson, 45, of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, was sentenced for masterminding the stabbings of soothsayer Ha "Jade" Smith, 52, and Anita Vo, 23, in 2005.
Nelson hired Smith, known as Miss Ha in Orange County's Vietnamese community, to get her ex-lover back. But when Smith told her to accept reality, she became upset. Smith and her daughter were stabbed up to 10 times.
Nelson lured an accomplice, Phillipe Zamora, 55, into the scheme by promising to fix him up with gay sex partners. Zamora, a key witness against Nelson, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison last month.
Nelson, who uses the name Phuong Thao Nguyen, was also convicted of robbery for stealing Smith's jewelry after the murders.
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