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5yo Child Found DEAD In Ceiling Of Chinese Restaurant Run By Parents

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The Hiding Place: Murder of Ashley Zho in Her Parents' Restaurant

Discover the disturbing cover-up in an Ohio restaurant where owners served customers for hours while hiding their murdered five-year-old daughter in the ceiling crawl space.

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  • Parents, Leang Dao and Mingming, concealed the fatal abuse of their 5-year-old daughter, Ashley, leading to a massive community search.
  • The couple operated Ang's Chinese Cuisine normally while Ashley's body was hidden above the walk-in freezer, using the older sister as an alibi.
  • Ashley displayed significant developmental delays after living with her paternal grandparents, issues which the parents allegedly used to justify rising frustration and abuse.
  • Both parents eventually confessed to involvement after intense interrogation, though later testimony pointed fingers at Leang as the primary perpetrator.

This case reveals the dark side of immigrant parental strain amplified by family conflict and cultural pressures regarding perceived parenting shortcomings. Analyzing the official records shows how investigators zeroed in on the restaurant structure after witnessing crucial behavioral inconsistencies from the parents.

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Top Comments (10)

@heyimsasa 2025-07-01

if you're not prepared to love your child unconditionally, don't have one.

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@rottenmangopod 2025-06-29

We are taking a short break from Diddy’s trial as the jury deliberation begins tomorrow (Monday 6/30). It could last from minutes to weeks but I promise the final episode for Diddy’s trial will be out as soon as the verdict is out! Meanwhile, we have linked the government’s proposed verdict form, similar to the one the jurors will see as they deliberate. Feel free to take a look and comment below your prediction of the trial verdict

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@raven-chan2071 2025-06-29

crimes against children will always be the most horrific

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@morganingram2015 2025-06-29

The dad acts like this was justified and inevitable. Something about his attitude is not right.

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@karolherrera5659 2025-06-30

The woman at 20:26 showed more emotion and worry for the child than the parents. Poor baby

7.5k 7 replies
@coffejeliy 2025-06-29

the dad being more concerned about people searching for his dead daughter rather than her daughter being dead shows how much he doesn't care about her...like his tone gives off the sorry for the inconvenience vibes its disgusting..

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@mesquitemagic 2025-07-03

He walked in, saw his wife smashing his child's face into the carpet, not for the first time, and he thinks she's a good person/mother... WTF? Looks like his mother was right. Damn. Why didn't they leave the child with the dad's parents if they hated her so much?

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@anilaben24 2025-07-06

Trust me, A father in his right sense will never mock his daughter/son for their disabilities. He is really sick to demonstrate it even after the death of his daughter. Some people don't deserve to become parents. I said what I said.

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@KOI_bugs 2025-08-08

"she was a young girl" "she was a kid" "she was a friend" "she was a daughter" she was a person. Is that not enough? She had family, friends, maybe even a pet, but most importantly a future that now she can never have.

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@kopaskutq 2025-09-08

She only got 22 years and he got 12???? FOR THE MURDER OF THEIR 5 YEAR OLD??? HELLO?????

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