Man Kills Wife By Slitting Her Throat For Burning His Passport

A man has been accused of heinously slitting his wife's throat for burning his passport, reportedly playing her favorite song while she bled out on Tuesday, June 21.

The accused, Xichen Yang, 21, is facing a first-degree murder charge along with a rap of tampering with evidence in the murder of his wife, Nhu Quynh Pham, after he allegedly killed her in retaliation for burning his passport. After he learned that Pham had destroyed his passport, Yang allegedly slit her throat with a knife, before proceeding to place her in a bathtub and queuing up her favorite songs to play over a speaker, holding her hand as she died, the Daily Beast reported.

On Tuesday, June 21, officers from the Altamonte Springs Police Department responded to the Goldelm and Charter Pointe Apartments on Ballard Street after they received a call from Yang's employer informing them that the suspect had just murdered his wife and that he was attempting to clean up the scene of the crime. Yang's employer had called Yang after he did not show up for work. However, Yang told his boss that he'd killed Pham and claimed he'd done "unspeakable" things and that he was "attempting to clean up the evidence."

After officers responded to the scene, the authorities found Yang's wife, Pham, lying in a bathtub with her throat slit. The officers also found cleaning products, including disinfectant and rubber gloves around the premises, WESH 2 News reported.

After being questioned by the authorities, Yang confessed to slitting Pham's throat with a knife and placing her in a bathtub to bleed out. He added that he never called an ambulance.

During the interogation, Yang claimed that he could've stopped the attack if he wanted to. However, he added that's "not how he was raised" and that he's a person who "goes all the way."

Yang was set to appear before a judge as of Wednesday, June 22. However, his first court appearance at the Seminole County Jail was delayed by a day. If convicted of the first-degree murder charge, Yang faces a possible sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.