SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — After being convicted for the triple homicide of a woman, her 2-month-old granddaughter, and a male tenant, Alexander Hung Tran was sentenced to three life sentences in prison.
A jury found Tran guilty of three counts of aggravated murder on August 28, and according to court documents, on Friday, November 7, a judge sentenced him to three life sentences in prison without parole, to be served consecutively.
In 2015, Tran murdered Dakota Smith, Heike Poike, and Poike’s 2-month-old granddaughter. Charges were filed against Tran in October 2015, but he was found incompetent to stand trial by state medical personnel in December the following year. In December 2020, he was found competent to stand trial, but it took until 2025 for Tran to face a jury trial.
The case against Tran
In 2015, Tran was living in a Salt Lake City house purchased by his mother. On Sept. 14, 2015, Tran told her that a man, a woman, and two children were tenants in the upstairs portion of the home. The mother “indicated that she did not want other people in the house,” and Tran claimed that they would not leave. She replied that she would start the eviction process…