( KRON ) — A man who admitted to killing Oakland dentist Lili Xu in 2022 received 15 years to life in prison on Tuesday, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office announced. Hasheem Bason, 35, of Stockton, pled guilty to second-degree murder for his involvement in a murder-for-hire plot.
Xu, 60, was getting out of her car on the 1000 block of 5th Avenue on Aug. 21, 2022, when she was fatally shot. Bason and 73-year-old Nelson Chia were arrested in connection with the murder.
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Chia, who was Xu’s partner at the time of her death, later killed himself in prison while he was in a single-person holding cell.
Price’s office shared more information on Tuesday about how the murder plot unfolded and how Chia and Bason developed a relationship.
Before Xu was killed, Chia was attempting to take control of her “sizable” assets, according to the DA’s office. He also cheated on Xu in the months before her murder.
“Further investigation uncovered evidence of Mr. Chia openly discussing how he could capitalize on Dr. Xu’s death,” Price’s office wrote.