Jun 3, 2019

DA press release on Seng Yang who faces life in prison



This morning a Humboldt County jury convicted 38-year-old Eureka resident Seng “Jimmy” Yang of 16 felony charges, including continuous sexual abuse of a child, two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14, multiple counts of rape of a 14-year-old child, assault with intent to commit rape, and child pornography.

At age 15, Jane Doe made law enforcement aware of the case by walking into the Eureka Police Department (EPD) and telling them what her father had been doing to her.

EPD immediately arranged for an interview of Jane Doe by Child Forensic Interviewer Jed Mefford of the Child Abuse Services Team.  EPD took the defendant into custody within hours after Jane Doe’s interview.

Prosecution of the case benefitted from an extremely thorough investigation by Senior Detective Ronald Harpham, Detective Richard Bise and former EPD Officer Mychal Huynh.  Lead investigator Harpham’s exceptional work on this case was reflected in his clear and comprehensive testimony at trial.

Deputy District Attorney Stacey Eads prosecuted the case with the assistance of District Attorney Investigators Kyla Baxley and Martin Morris, former District Attorney Investigator Martin Perrone, and Victim Witness Advocate Caitlyn LaHaie.

This case relied entirely on the heroic conduct of Jane Doe, which included facing her father during her testimony in court.  Many people in law enforcement and the criminal justice system have been inspired by the bravery and resiliency of the now 16-year-old Doe. 

The defendant, who faces life in prison, will be sentenced on July 29th at 8:30 by Judge John Feeney.

Earlier post:

https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2019/06/seng-yang-found-guilty-on-all-16-counts.html?m=1
(there has been original coverage of this case since Yang's arrest to the verdict today on this blog. I have been at every hearing.)

6 comments:

  1. He should be hanged. Where was the mother during this ordeal? Why did the girl not report it first thing? How old was she? Why is a monster like this allowed to do anything??

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    1. Johannes, all these questions have been answered in the daily coverage of the jury trial. You can access all posts on this case via the search feature on the blog or my facebook page, Words Worth.

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  2. The mother should be prosecuted. Anyone who knew about this - or suspected it - should be prosecuted. This filth gets to sit in prison, probably protected by a gang, until he dies, ON THE TAXPAYER DIME. Thanks to liberal society.

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  3. I want to know every detail of this case cause I just read whatever is on here and why do the mother don't even take any action to this to save her own daughter?

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    1. You can do that by accessing all the posts on this case or any case via the search feature on the blog.

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