Man sentenced after executing his wife for stealing his cooking pans, cheating

A Colorado man who turned himself in for shooting his wife and leaving her body by a pond has been sentenced to life in prison .

Stephen Chan, 80, was found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder almost one year after he called 911 to report that he killed his wife, 54-year-old Jian Chan . According to court documents obtained by local CBS station KKTV at the time of the September 2024 crime , Stephen Chan admitted to confronting his wife about stealing his vegetables and cooking pans as well as accusing her of infidelity. He then bound and gagged her, dragged her into his car, and drove her to a nearby pond where he shot her twice in the chest.

Love true crime? Sign up for our newsletter, The Law&Crime Docket, to get the latest real-life crime stories delivered right to your inbox.

Ji