LA - Meing-Chen Hsiao, 34, murdered in her Monroe home, 9 Aug 2015 *arrest*

[everlearning]

Thanks for checking. @everlearning - do you know? TIA!

Hey, no exact date I can find now. I will keep checking and update

 

[everlearning]

@Niner Judge Jefferson has criminal duty Aug 8-15. If the hearing actually happens, it may be one of those dates.

Schedules Online Court — 4th Judicial District Court Online Court

www.4jdc.com

 

[Niner]

@Niner Judge Jefferson has criminal duty Aug 8-15. If the hearing actually happens, it may be one of those dates.

Schedules Online Court — 4th Judicial District Court Online Court

www.4jdc.com

Thanks for that info! I shall be back a bit before than, maybe there will be articles on "when".

 

[Niner]

@Niner Judge Jefferson has criminal duty Aug 8-15. If the hearing actually happens, it may be one of those dates.

Schedules Online Court — 4th Judicial District Court Online Court

www.4jdc.com

I can not heads or tails out of the link - is this case on there for Aug. 8 - 15? Thanks!

 

[everlearning]

I can not heads or tails out of the link - is this case on there for Aug. 8 - 15? Thanks!

About a week ago I sent a reporter an email for an update. She has not replied. I will keep trying for info

 

[Niner]

About a week ago I sent a reporter an email for an update. She has not replied. I will keep trying for info

Okay - thanks for doing that! I'll be back in a week - hopefully you'll get something before than! Good Luck!

 

[everlearning]

Okay - thanks for doing that! I'll be back in a week - hopefully you'll get something before than! Good Luck!

There is a gag order still in place, so that may be hindering any new information from being released.

 

[Niner]

There is a gag order still in place, so that may be hindering any new information from being released.

I think we should be able to get a next court date though... I would hope!

 

[everlearning]

@Niner we have a trial date! Hearing was August 4th. Bench trial December 1.

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2025/08/04/quinton-tellis-jessica-chambers-alleged-murderer-to-stand-trial-in-ming-chen-hsiao-murder/85425272007/

 

[Niner]

@Niner we have a trial date! Hearing was August 4th. Bench trial December 1.

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2025/08/04/quinton-tellis-jessica-chambers-alleged-murderer-to-stand-trial-in-ming-chen-hsiao-murder/85425272007/

Thanks - I shall update my notes! So - you can't access the court site? I thought you could? Just wondering if he has any more hearings before his bench trial. Thanks again.

 

[everlearning]

Thanks - I shall update my notes! So - you can't access the court site? I thought you could? Just wondering if he has any more hearings before his bench trial. Thanks again.

No, I can't access it. Ouachita Parish doesn't share a lot of info on trials. As a websleuther, its so aggravating

 

[Niner]

and - just to keep my notes straight - I will go ahead & post this - so I can shorten it up a bit too.

Monday, August 4th:
*Status Hearing (@ am ET) – LA – Meing-Chen “Mandy” Hsiao (34) (last seen July 29, 2015, Monroe; found Aug. 8, 2015) - *Quentin Verdell Tellis (27/now 35) charged (8/16/16), indicted (5/17/19) & arraigned (6/18/19) with 2nd degree murder. Plead not guilty. No bond. Judge reduced bond (10/23/19) to $300K. (Future reductions possible). Bond reduction denied (7/28/21). Quachita Parish #4
Bench Trial was set to begin on 8/1/22 continued on 10/3/22 & was continued on 10/26/22 & was continued on 12/1/25.
Judge Larry Jefferson presiding. First Assistant DA Holly Jones & defense attorney Randall Donald.
Information (8/19/15) on previous court case & court info from 2/18/19 thru 4/10/24 reference post #197 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-monroe-home-9-aug-2015-arrest.301578/page-10
5/2/25 Update: In November 2022, District Court Judge Larry Jefferson dismissed the murder charge for an alleged violation of Tellis's right to a speedy trial. Tellis was sent back to Mississippi to serve a five-year sentence on the burglary conviction. Louisiana prosecutors appealed Jefferson's decision, and in 2024, a Louisiana appellate court overturned his ruling & ordered a new trial date set. Jefferson had a gag order in place so as not to taint the jury pool, he said. However, Tellis later waived his right to a jury trial in favor of allowing Jefferson to decide his innocence or guilt. That gag order had not been challenged until now. After learning the case was under seal, the Clarion Ledger sought a hearing to ask Jefferson to unseal the case. The newspaper was represented by attorney Dan Zimmerman of Phelps Dunbar in New Orleans. Jefferson ruled on the request Thursday at Ouachita Parish Courthouse in Monroe. Attorney Randall Donald said Tellis did not object to the unsealing of his court file. The District Attorney's office also did not object. After discussing the matter, Jefferson ordered Tellis' file unsealed, effective immediately. The Clarion Ledger was able to review Tellis' file Friday only to discover there was no new information or proceedings in the court records. Following Jefferson's order to unseal the records, the DA's office set a status update hearing for 6/16/25 in Tellis' Louisiana case. Before he was charged with her murder, Tellis admitted he used Hsiao's debit card without her permission, a crime for which he pleaded guilty, but he denied killing her. He was sentenced to 10 years in a Louisiana prison for the debit card use. Tellis is incarcerated in a Mississippi prison on a burglary conviction, and is expected to be released in 2027.
6/16/25 Update: On Monday Tellis had a status hearing to let Fourth Judicial District Judge Larry Jefferson know where each party is with the case and whether either party is ready to go to trial. Tellis' attorney in the Louisiana case, Randall Donald, told the court that Tellis is still in prison in Mississippi, with an expected release date in October 2027. The district attorney's office was not prepared to talk about the case since it wasn't on the D.A.'s calendar, but First Assistant District Attorney Holly Jones told Jefferson she would be ready at the next hearing, which is set for 8/4/25.
8/4/25 Update: Ouachita Parish Judge Larry Jefferson set a trial date for 12/1/25. The trial is expected to last four days, the Ouachita Parish DA's office said in a hearing on Monday, 8/4/25 at Ouachita Parish Courthouse in Monroe. Tellis asked for a bench trial, so there will be no jury. Only Jefferson will consider the evidence & determine whether Tellis murdered the University of Louisiana-Monroe graduate from Taiwan.

 

[Niner]

@everlearning - any updates yet on the next hearing date? TIA!

 

[Niner]

@BUF - do you have access to the court site? I believe you helped me at one time getting the next hearing date. TIA!

 

[everlearning]

@everlearning - any updates yet on the next hearing date? TIA!

I haven't seen any updates

 

[Niner]

I haven't seen any updates

Okay - I shall check back later in September - going on Holiday to the U.S.

 

[everlearning]

Okay - I shall check back later in September - going on Holiday to the U.S.

Welcome, friend! May you enjoy every minute and return home refreshed

 

[Niner]

Welcome, friend! May you enjoy every minute and return home refreshed

Thank you! I believe I will!

 

[BUF]

Okay - I shall check back later in September - going on Holiday to the U.S.

Have a wonderful time @Niner !

 

[Niner]

@BUF - any movement on this case? TIA!