CA CA - Amber Aiaz (aka Mei Yi Wu), 34, & Melissa Fu, 12, Irvine, 22 Nov 2019

[insearchoflight]

The looooooong wait for this information is incredibly strange

 

[j_in_c]

I am having the same reaction to you all about the story being offered, but since the police are now sharing it and taking it seriously, they must have reason to believe it (perhaps video of the car?). I wonder if the husband wanted it handled quietly initially in case of a ransom demand? It is such a strange story.

 

[dulcinea]

Thinking aloud

Shady business arrangement gone wrong? Husband makes up a story but knows what happened and who is involved. LE investigates and finds a suspicious connection, does some digging, determines they were likely kidnapped.

Husband really has no idea what happened. LE is investigating and someone finally comes forward with some information on what was seen that day, including description of car.

Report is filed when husband comes to. Police canvas the neighborhood/apartment. Neighbors describe a couple they have seen at the apartment previously and the car they drive.

I'm sure LE must know the last time mother and daughter were seen by someone besides husband/father, right?

The descriptions provided are pretty generic, but I'm not sure how detailed you can really be when describing most people unless they have unique features (7 ft tall, blue hair, bald, huge beard, limp, face tattoo etc.) If I described my husband it would sound like I was describing just about anybody.

 

[cvaldez1975]

when i first read this i thought it was odd that both a mom AND child disappeared and there was nothing in the news. i wondered if maybe she was escaping an abuser... but now they are thinking abduction this is really crazy they are just releasing that now.

 

[10ofRods]

So I wonder if the husband went to the police immediately (having been drugged in his own house), and whether they were able to get bloodwork done on him.

Irvine PD has a FB post that has some interesting info including comments about distinction between kidnapping and abduction:

Irvine Police Department

 

[Darling136]

And after that little piece last year, there is nothing more out there?

 

[indicolite22]

Assuming that the husband could somehow prove that he wasn't involved. If they were kidnapped by an organized crime group, then we would have heard of a ransom by now. What if the case is related to espionage? Why both mother and daughter? So they could be taken to China together? It doesn't seem like an individual would pull this off. Were they taken against their will? Or was it made to look that way?

 

[Daisypetal]

Wow this is a terribly strange case.

I live in a neighboring city and I’ve never heard of this until now. I don’t even know where to begin.

 

[ekardh]

What kind of agent could be administered for the husband to be "immediately rendered unconscious"?

Does sound like he's been watching too many movies.

 

[Darling136]

This is just a weird story! For one year i thought this woman was selfraising a child, there was no family at all mentioned, maybe divorced or similar. And at once, she even has a husband!

And again, nothing again for long time!

 

[Limecat]

What kind of agent could be administered for the husband to be "immediately rendered unconscious"?

Does sound like he's been watching too many movies.

Chloroform? Zanny the Nanny?

 

[ekardh]

Chloroform? Zanny the Nanny?

Nah, neither of them would knock you out straight away. Chloroform takes a good few minutes to induce anaesthesia and that’s with someone who wouldn’t put up a fight.

 

[Darling136]

Bumping this strange case once again, nothing new, or?

 

[cvaldez1975]

i wonder if there is a "reason" this isnt in the news.

then again look at poor veronica diaz disappearance.

 

[Darling136]

I dont believe in any kidnapping in this case, so where are those two, what happened to them?

 

[scriabina]

I dont believe in any kidnapping in this case, so where are those two, what happened to them?

Just speculating of course, but I think it's likely one of two options:

1) Mom staged a kidnapping, hiring those men to knock out the husband so she and her daughter could flee back to their home country where they are now in hiding. Perhaps husband was abusive and/or the mom just wanted full custody.
2) Husband's story is fabricated and he murdered his wife and daughter and hid their bodies.

 

[Darling136]

1) Mom staged a kidnapping, hiring those men to knock out the husband so she and her daughter could flee back to their home country where they are now in hiding. Perhaps husband was abusive and/or the mom just wanted full custody.

You are right, this kind of staged kidnapping could be a possible scenario!

 

[budd3n]

Just saw the LA Times piece on this, cannot believe I haven't heard of this before- I am very close to this area.

 

[distracted]

I just read about their disappearance in this LA Times piece published on 6-14-21. It's a doozy.
A mother and daughter 'kidnapped.' A husband's bizarre story. A baffling Irvine mystery

 

[cvaldez1975]

I just read about their disappearance in this LA Times piece published on 6-14-21. It's a doozy.
A mother and daughter 'kidnapped.' A husband's bizarre story. A baffling Irvine mystery

can u share exerps? its pay walled.