Gong Yu Wei, who killed mother and stored dismembered body parts in fridge, ‘ashamed and sorry’ as he is sentenced in Hawaii
- Gong Yu Wei had pleaded guilty to manslaughter, avoiding a life sentence
A man who admitted to killing and dismembering his mother during an argument in their Honolulu flat has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Gong Yu Wei was charged with murder after he called police in 2017 to turn himself in after a suicide attempt.
He admitted killing his mother Gong Liu Yun about six months earlier, according to court documents. When officers asked where his mother was, he said “in the fridge”.
Police found human remains, including two arms with hands and a decapitated head, in numerous rubbish bags, court documents said.
Last year, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter, avoiding a life sentence.
His defence lawyer and the prosecutor in the case said it’s a deal the victim’s family supports.
Gong, 28, spent most of Monday’s sentencing looking down.