PEOPLE confirms with a Bergen County court official that Jenny Tran, 57, remains in custody on $1 million bail.
Tran has been in in custody ever since her arrest back in 2009 for allegedly using a plastic bag to kill her ailing husband and trying to kill her daughter the same way.
Prosecutors said in Train’s first trial that she allegedly admitted to killing her husband Mike after she was arrested, the court official tells PEOPLE.
The killing followed on the heels of a stroke Mike suffered in late 2008.
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Prosecutors said Tran was worried that Mike’s medical care would bankrupt the couple, and decided she was sending Mike to a better place, the court official confirms.
Prosecutors also said she wanted to kill her children and herself, according to the court official.
Tran’s daughter testified during her 2011 trial that her mom tried to kill her with a plastic bag. “I saw a monster through her eyes, and I was just trying to talk her out of it,” the daughter testified,according to NorthJersey.com.
Tran cannot be tried for murder, as jurors acquitted her on that charge in 2011.
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“The state maintains that the strength of proofs and likelihood of conviction are very strong, and this court agrees,” Foti wrote.
Foti also characterized Tran as a flight risk.
PEOPLE was unable to reach Tran’s lawyer for comment Wednesday. Attempts to reach her relatives were also unsuccessful.
source: people.com
