TX - Mom Accused of Drowning & Decapitating Son, 5, Houston, Nov 2018

[babymetal]

A Texas mother has been charged with capital murder after she allegedly drowned and decapitated her five-year-old son before disposing his body in the trash, PEOPLE confirms.

Lihui Liu, 43, was arrested Friday after the boy’s father found his son’s body and his severed head inside a trash can at the couple’s Houston home, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s office.

According to the DA’s office, the boy’s father told police that when he returned home from work, Liu allegedly told him she’d “sent away” their son.

She then allegedly told her husband that the boy was in the trash can.

Texas Mom Accused of Drowning and Decapitating Son, 5, Told Husband She'd 'Sent [Him] Away'

Father grapples with guilt after wife arrested in son’s gruesome death

Could not bring myself to include more details...no words, just look at his beautiful face in the second article...

 

[AlwaysCoffee]

This is so incredibly tragic. RIP, Jiandong. I'll be praying for justice in your case.

 

[Niner]

Thursday, Dec. 6th:
*Preliminary Hearing (@ 9am CT) – TX – Jiandong Xu (5) (Nov. 30, 2018, Houston) - *Lihui Liu (43) “mom” arrested (11/30/18) & charged (12/1/18) with capital murder. Held without bond.
Drowned & decapitated little boy.

 

[Niner]

Date Type Description SNU/CFI
12/07/2018 C87 ACTIVITY WARN GIVEN STATUS CFI 185 998
12/07/2018 MOTIONS S/M DENIAL OF BAIL 998
12/07/2018 MOTIONS FILED CFI 185


Date Court Post Jdgm Docket Type Reason Results Defendant Future Date Comments Attorney Appearance Indicator
12/07/2018 09:00 AM 185 Assigned Court Preliminary Assigned Court Appearance Present MANDARIAN INT Absent

link: Office of Harris County District Clerk - Chris Daniel | Search Our Records

 

[Niner]

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-...om-charged-in-son-s-decapitation-13450121.php

The defense attorney representing a Houston mother who is accused of drowning and decapitating her 5-year-old son described the woman as a “very mentally ill individual” after she appeared in court on Friday.
[.....]
Liu doesn’t appear to have any prior criminal history in Harris County. Her husband, Kai Xu, told the Houston Chronicle that his wife had been experiencing a downward spiral with depression, starting in March. She was being treated for mental health problems after a suicide attempt in August, he said, about a year after she underwent a hysterectomy to remove a mass.
[.....]
Child Protective Services confirmed they'd interacted with the family back in 2015, though the children were never in state custody. It's not clear why CPS was involved with the west Houston family to begin with, or how that involvement ended.

The 13-year-old daughter is staying with the father, CPS confirmed on Friday.
[.....]
Prosecutors have requested that the judge officially approve no bond in Liu’s case. A judge in Harris County Probable Cause Court set no bond last week.

Prosecutors will meet on a committee and determine whether they will pursue that the death penalty, Oncken said. If they don’t and Liu is found guilty, she would automatically be sentenced to life without parole.

 

[Niner]

from court site:

Date Court Post Jdgm Docket Type Reason Results Defendant Future Date Comments Attorney Appearance Indicator

12/11/2018 09:00 AM 185 Master Docket DCM Consultation Setting Data Not Entered MADARIAN INTER

link: https://www.hcdistrictclerk.com/edo...FAjwP2z5Moc487ID+2mSgmH+64qv81rxj5vPMugE77w==

 

[Elainera]

Her husband, Kai Xu, told the Houston Chronicle that his wife had been experiencing a downward spiral with depression, starting in March. She was being treated for mental health problems after a suicide attempt in August, he said, about a year after she underwent a hysterectomy to remove a mass.

I wonder whether the mass was cancer that returned and travelled to her brain. Some cancers do that. Maybe her depression has a physical cause. jmo

Extremely sad for the little boy

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, Dec. 11th:
*Master Docket Hearing (@ 9am CT) – TX – Jiandong Xu (5) (Nov. 30, 2018, Houston) - *Lihui Liu (43) “mom” arrested (11/30/18) & charged (12/1/18) with capital murder. Held without bond.
Drowned & decapitated little boy.
12/6/18: Hearing continued to 12/7. The defense attorney representing a Houston mother described the woman as a “very mentally ill individual”. Prosecutors have requested that the judge officially approve no bond in Liu’s case. A judge in Harris County Probable Cause Court set no bond last week. Prosecutors will meet on a committee and determine whether they will pursue that the death penalty, Oncken said. If they don’t and Liu is found guilty, she would automatically be sentenced to life without parole. Next Master Docket hearing on 12/11.

 

[Niner]

Sorry for the all CAPS just copying/pasting.


12/11/2018 BAIL OPTIONS RPT TO CRT W/I 24 HRS OF RELEASE
12/11/2018 MOTIONS PSYCH EXAM COMPETENT 994
12/11/2018 MOTIONS FILED CFI 185
12/11/2018 MOTIONS PPONE PRSNMNT GRNDJR 995
12/11/2018 MOTIONS FILED CFI 185
12/11/2018 ORDER GTD D/M EXAMINING TRIAL 995
12/11/2018 OFFENSE CAPITAL MURDER-UNDER TEN YRS LEVEL FC
12/11/2018 ORDER 995
12/11/2018 ORDER GRT. PSYCH. EXAM/COMPETENCY 996
12/11/2018 OFFENSE CAPITAL MURDER-UNDER TEN YRS LEVEL FC

Next/Last Setting Date 1/23/2019

link: Office of Harris County District Clerk - Chris Daniel | Search Our Records

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, January 23rd:
*DCM Consultation Hearing (@ 9am CT) – TX – Jiandong Xu (5) (Nov. 30, 2018, Houston) - *Lihui Liu (43) “mom” arrested (11/30/18) & charged (12/1/18) with capital murder. Held without bond.
Drowned & decapitated little boy.
12/6/18: Hearing continued to 12/7. The defense attorney representing a Houston mother described the woman as a “very mentally ill individual”. Prosecutors have requested that the judge officially approve no bond in Liu’s case. A judge in Harris County Probable Cause Court set no bond last week. Denied bail. Prosecutors will meet on a committee and determine whether they will pursue that the death penalty, Oncken said. If they don’t and Liu is found guilty, she would automatically be sentenced to life without parole. Next Master Docket hearing on 12/11.
12/11/18 Update: Ordered psych exam/competency. Next hearing 1/23/19.

 

[Niner]

Date Court Post Jdgm Docket Type Reason Results Defendant Future Date Comments Attorney Appearance Indicator
2/19/2019 09:00 AM 185 Master Docket Non-Trial Setting Data Not Entered OFFDKT;COMPEVA To Be Set

link: Office of Harris County District Clerk - Marilyn Burgess | Search Our Records

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, February 19th:
*DCM Consultation Hearing (@ 9am CT) – TX – Jiandong Xu (5) (Nov. 30, 2018, Houston) - *Lihui Liu (43) “mom” arrested (11/30/18) & charged (12/1/18) with capital murder. Held without bond. Harris County Case# 161364801010- 3
Drowned & decapitated little boy.

12/6/18: Hearing continued to 12/7. The defense attorney representing a Houston mother described the woman as a “very mentally ill individual”. Prosecutors have requested that the judge officially approve no bond in Liu’s case. A judge in Harris County Probable Cause Court set no bond last week. Denied bail. Prosecutors will meet on a committee and determine whether they will pursue that the death penalty, Oncken said. If they don’t and Liu is found guilty, she would automatically be sentenced to life without parole. Next Master Docket hearing on 12/11.
12/11/18 Update: Ordered psych exam/competency. Next hearing 1/23/19.
1/23/19 Update: Next non Trial setting hearing on 2/19.

 

[Niner]

Case (Cause) Summary
Case 161364801010 - 3
File Date 12/1/2018
Case (Cause) Status Temporary
Offense CAPITAL MURDER-UNDER TEN YRS
Last Instrument Filed Felony Indictment
Case Disposition TEMPORARY
Case Completion Date 2/19/2019
Defendant Status TEMPORARY
Bond Amount $250,000.00
Next/Last Setting Date 3/3/1933

Docket:
Date Type Description SNU/CFI
02/20/2019 TRANSFER FILED TRANS FROM CRT 185 TRANS TO CRT 339
02/20/2019 TRANSFER REASON OTHER REASON

02/19/2019 C87 ACTIVITY IST T STATUS T CFI 185 996
02/19/2019 DELIVERY ORDER ISSUED CFI 185 LOC VSH 999
02/19/2019 JUDGMENT INCOMP TO STAND TRL-INPATIENT

link: Office of Harris County District Clerk - Marilyn Burgess | Search Our Records


in red - I'm going to ume they mean 2019? What do you think?

 

[Niner]

Well that doesn't make sense - 3/3 is a Sunday....

So.... who knows!

 

[Niner]

Drats!! I can't access this article:

Houston mom accused of killing 5-year-old son found incompetent to stand trial

Maybe there is a "next" court date? Can someone can give a 10% synopsis please?

TIA!

 

[KatzEye]

Drats!! I can't access this article:

Houston mom accused of killing 5-year-old son found incompetent to stand trial

Maybe there is a "next" court date? Can someone can give a 10% synopsis please?

TIA!

HOUSTON — A Houston mom accused of killing her 5-year-old son last year was found incompetent to stand trial.

Back in February, a judge determined that Lihui Liu, 43, has a mental illness and requires observation in a mental hospital for her own welfare and protection of others.

Liu was charged with capital murder after she fatally stabbed her own son and decapitated him. Court records say the boy’s body was found on a garage floor, covered by a plastic bag.

No court date mentioned.

 

[Niner]

Thank you KatzEye! Much appreciated!

 

[Niner]

Date Court Post Jdgm Docket Type Reason Results Defendant Future Date Comments Attorney Appearance Indicator
8/18/2020 09:00 AM 339 Competency Restoration Mental Competency Restoration Hearing Data Not Entered STATUS To Be Set

9/27/2019 09:00 AM 339 Competency Restoration Mental Competency Restoration Hearing Reset By Court Present 8/18/2020 Present

2/19/2019 09:00 AM 185 Master Docket Non-Trial Setting Reset By Court Present 3/3/1933 OFFDKT;COMPEVA Present

12/11/2018 09:00 AM 185 Master Docket DCM Consultation Setting Reset Upon Defense Request Present 1/23/2019 MADARIAN INTER Present

12/07/2018 09:00 AM 185 Assigned Court Preliminary Assigned Court Appearance Reset By Operation Of Law Present 12/11/2018 MANDARIAN INT Present

link: Office of Harris County District Clerk - Marilyn Burgess | Search Our Records

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, August 18th:
*Competency Restoration Hearing (@ 9am CT) – TX – Jiandong Xu (5) (Nov. 30, 2018, Houston) - *Lihui Liu (43/now 44) “mom” arrested (11/30/18) & charged (12/1/18) with capital murder. No bond.
Drowned & decapitated little boy.
12/6/18: Hearing continued to 12/7. The defense attorney representing a Houston mother described the woman as a “very mentally ill individual”. Prosecutors have requested that the judge officially approve no bond in Liu’s case. A judge in Harris County Probable Cause Court set no bond last week. Denied bail. Prosecutors will meet on a committee and determine whether they will pursue that the death penalty, Oncken said. If they don’t and Liu is found guilty, she would automatically be sentenced to life without parole. Next Master Docket hearing on 12/11.
12/11/18 Update: Ordered psych exam/competency. Next hearing 1/23/19. 1/23/19: Next non Trial setting hearing on 2/19. 2/19/19 Update: Found incompetent to stand trial. Next Review hearing on 3/3. 3/3/19: Had competency hearings on 2/19 & 9/27/19. Next one scheduled for 8/18/20.

 

[Baciagalupo]

She should have never been left alone with the children with her mental state.