(KEYT TV NEWS/SANTA BARBARA)
An Oceanside man was arrested early Friday morning and charged with the killings of a popular Santa Barbara doctor, his wife and their five-year-old daughter.
Pierre Haobsh, 27, was arrested in the town of Bonsall, east of Oceanside in San Diego area early Friday morning, according to Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown. The arrest came 32 hours after the initial discovery of the victims. Haobsh was carrying a 9-millimeter gun at the time of arrest, in addition to other items believed to have belonged to the victims’ family. Haobsh was charged with three counts of murder and booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail.
Late Wednesday afternoon, Dr. Henry Han, his wife Jennie and their 5-year-old daughter Emily were found in their upscale Goleta Valley home dead from gunshot wounds.
The sheriff called the case “complex,” “diabolical,” and “premeditated.” Haobsh was described as a “business associate” of Dr. Henry Han. The motive for the killing was described as financial gain.