Lakewood trio killed in possible love triangle among Vietnamese immigrants

Thuy Bich Nguyen had run away from home to be with Lanh Van Le before she graduated from a Lakewood high school, a decision that upset her family.

Lakewood Police Department

Thuy Nguyen, 21

Thuy had defied her parents’ wish to stay away from Le in violation of Vietnamese customs and failed to graduate from high school.

But ultimately the deaths of the young couple and a friend Duong Huang Do, 32, at an apartment at 7000 W. Nevada St. on Nov. 11, 1995 may have stemmed from unrequieted love, according to Lakewood police.

Lakewood police said that they ruled out the possibility that the murders were tied to drug or gang involvement.

The bodies of Nguyen, 21, Le, 20, and Do were discovered in Do’s apartment that Saturday morning. Each of the bodies were found in different rooms. They were all shot to death. All three victims were Vietnamese immigrants.