Vancouver man charged with murder of third woman

Police respond to a stabbing in East Vancouver on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025.

A man who was previously charged in two women’s slayings has been charged with a third count of murder, according to authorities.

Viet Quy John Ly, 54, has been in custody since Sept. 5, when he was arrested for allegedly killing two women—Jianghui Deng, 55, and Chunxiu Yin, 54—in an East Vancouver apartment building, the Vancouver Police Department said in a statement.

He was charged with second-degree murder in both women’s deaths.

A third woman, 50-year-old Jinfeng Guan, was found at a separate residence a couple of blocks away with life-threatening injuries, and she died in hospital six days later.

Guan was Ly’s former spouse, police confirmed in the weeks after the homicides.

On Tuesday, the VPD announced Ly had been charged with a third count of second-degree murder. He remains in custody, and his next court appearance is scheduled for Jan. 13, 2026, according to publicly available records.