A Los Angeles County man faces a potential life sentence after he was charged with murdering his wife and then setting fire to their home earlier this year to cover up the crime.
Yoon Lai, 62, was officially charged Tuesday with felony counts of murder and arson for the Jan. 6 blaze.
Lai is accused of killing his wife, 56-year-old Dr. Irene Gaw-Lai, and then attempting to conceal the nature of her death by lighting their San Marino home on fire.
Gaw-Lai, who also used the surname Gonzalo, was a respected endocrinologist who, according to the Los Angeles Times, had filed for divorce from her husband months earlier. She had reportedly attempted to file for divorce more than 20 years earlier as well…