Teenage home invader ‘stabbed Asian mother and daughter, 8, to death’

Jacob Alan Wright, 19, allegedly broke into a home and stabbed two women and a girl

A teenager who allegedly stabbed an Asian mother and her eight-year-old daughter to death and injured another woman in a mysterious home invasion has been arrested. Jacob Alan Wright, 19, was detained on Tuesday in connection with the murders and attempted murder five weeks after the crime.

Wright is accused of killing Jia Jia, 44, and her daughter Ruby Meng and injuring an unidentified woman, 38, in a home in Rancho Cucamonga, California, on March 7, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

Investigators believe Wright broke into the home and stabbed all three victims in a bedroom and fled through a sliding door at the back of the residence.

Wright was not related to any of the victims and his motive is unclear, according to authorities. He was arrested after a traffic stop, according to a press release from the department on Wednesday.

Detectives served a search warrant on Wright’s home and confiscated evidence and questioned him at length. He faces murder and attempted murder charges and is being held without bail at West Valley Detention Center.

‘Based on evidence obtained, detectives believe Wright acted alone and there are no outstanding suspects’, the press release states.

Detectives were assisted by the FBI.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact the sheriff’s department.

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