{"id":539,"date":"2026-06-07T19:32:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=539"},"modified":"2026-06-07T19:32:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:32:47","slug":"california-sisters-arrested-after-mother-found-dead-in-pullout-couch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=539","title":{"rendered":"California sisters arrested after mother found dead in pullout couch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two California sisters are in custody on suspicion of murder after their mother was found dead in a pullout couch, San Diego police said.\u00a0<\/p>

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Shortly before midnight on March 6, San Diego dispatchers received a 911 call from a home on the 6300 block of Genesee Avenue in University City. The caller said Kun-Ying Yang, 81, had been discovered unresponsive by family members in the apartment. When police and firefighters arrived at the scene, they found Yang\u00a0\u201cpositioned awkwardly on a bed,\u201d as in a March 12 news release. Despite first responders attempting life-saving measures, Yang was pronounced deceased at the scene.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

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Investigators quickly deemed the situation suspicious, police said, and opened a homicide probe. Lt. Christopher Leahy of the San Diego Police Department\u00a0told the San Diego Union-Tribune June 4 that detectives believed Yang had been, in fact,\u00a0face-down in the space between the bed frame and couch for at least 15 hours.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

\u201cShe clearly should not have been in that position, and efforts were not made to remove her or get her appropriate medical care,\u201d Leahy told the Union-Tribune.<\/p><\/div>

An autopsy found Yang died of positional asphyxia, or suffocation, with neglect as a contributing factor in her death, Leahy said. In addition, police said that during interviews, they learned of allegations of neglect and poor elder care in the home.\u00a0<\/p>

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