San Mateo, Calif. (KCBS) -- A man's obsession with a former beauty pageant contestant led him to kill a 24-year-old mother of two in her San Mateo home before taking his own life, according to police.
Loan Kim Nguyen was fatally shot on the morning of November 25 as she handed her young children to police through a bedroom window by a man who had kidnapped her after a Halloween Party and demanded her cell phone and MySpace contact information.
KCBS' Chris Filippi reports
Police said 22-year-old Raymond Gee had offered to drive Nguyen home, but instead, drove her around for several hours until she threatened that her husband would call police if she did not return soon. Gee eventually brought her home, but made her promise to meet for lunch in the near future.
Following their first meeting, Gee sent several e-mails and phone calls to Nguyen to remind her of their meeting. Fearful, she told her family and friends of his behavior and then blocked him from her cell phone.
A week before the fateful day, Gee was sighted by neighbors walking near her home with a towel on his head.
On the morning of November 25, Gee drove to her home at 29 Hobart Ave. and waited for Nguyen’s husband to leave for work. As soon as he left, Gee interrupted the power to the house which allowed him to gain access through the partially- opened garage door. Police say he brought with him a bag filled with tools including a knife, handcuffs, pepper spray and prescription muscle relaxers all to be used on his victim.
Nguyen, who was on the second floor of her home with her two children, ages three and one-and-a-half, called her husband when she noticed that the power was off. He immediately returned where he discovered the utility box ajar and the garage door partially open.
He restored power and again left for work.
Gee walked up the stairs to the second floor of house where he contacted Nguyen by phone. She immediately called 911 where she left the line open. Dispatchers reported hearing the cries of children and “an excited muffled, female voice” on the other end of the line.
A few moments later she hung up and text messaged her husband and told him she was being robbed by a man with a gun. Her husband called 911 and officers were dispatched to the scene.
Upon arriving at the scene, police saw Gee walking down the hallway of the house. They tried to negotiate with him to surrender but he did not answer.
Nguyen was in her front bedroom with her children and managed to make contact with the police confirming that Gee was in the bedroom with her. Suddenly, she disappeared, prompting officers to try and enter the house which distracted Gee, who began to shoot at the officers.
Within seconds, Nguyen locked the bedroom door and barricaded herself inside with her two children. As the shots continued, police contacted her on her cell phone. She told officers she could open her bedroom window to get her children out, but as rescue plans were being made, her cell phone died and police lost contact with her.
With no time to lose, officers drove up alongside of the house next to the window, where she was able to safely hand-off her children to police officers.
As the rescue continued, police say the suspect moved from the hallway into an adjoining bathroom next to the bedroom. As she handed her last child out to the officers, Gee fire 10 rounds at the bathroom wall where he believed she and her children were standing. Seven of the bullets went through the wall—three fatally hit Nguyen in the back.
Four bullets struck the window area where the children had just escaped through seconds earlier.
Police returned fire, but neither Nguyen or Gee were struck by police.
Gee immediately fled to the rear master bedroom where he fatally shot himself in the head.
Nguyen was found with a handcuff on her wrist and was transported to Stanford Hospital where she later died from her wounds.
Photos courtesy of CBS 5
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