Mystery remains over oil heiress who was knifed to death and bloody body left in bathtub

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killing. Jill Halliburton Su, 59, was found by her 20-year-old son who had come to the Florida house after her husband, Nan Yao, checked the video cameras to the home and saw what he said looked like a white man obscuring his face with a towel.

The son, Justin Su, called the police in floods of panic telling operators that his mother had committed suicide.“My mom killed herself,” he cried to Broward County’s 911 dispatcher. “She just stabbed herself and threw herself in the bathtub."But after authorities arrived at the house and discovered the home's back door was broken and a room had been ransacked, they started investigating the death as a homicide.At first, the police believed that Justin had killed his mother and reportedly questioned him for 13 hours.

However, the 20-year-old was cleared when police found DNA on a belt loop and knife near the front door that matched the second suspect in the case, Dayonte Resiles.For emotional support, you can call the Samaritans 24-hour helpline on 116 123, email jo@samaritans.org, visit a Samaritans branch in person or go to the Samaritans website.Although Nan Yao initially told police that he saw a white man on the camera, he said on the stand that he wasn't sure.To add, Resiles' DNA was not found on the knife at the bottom of the bath, which is believed to be the murder weapon.

Resiles denies killing the oil heiress and pleaded not guilty.Resilies' first trial ended in a mistrial after the jury forewoman accused other jurors of not wanting to send a black man to prison or to death.This was after the jury had reached a verdict of manslaughter but the forewoman claimed she had felt pressured into voting for the lesser charge.