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Nutjob accused of killing Oberlin professor dad, stepmom tells court he’s non-binary after alleged video confession

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Cody, D. (2026, October 31). Nutjob accused of killing Oberlin professor dad, stepmom tells court he’s non-binary after alleged video confession. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/30/us-news/nutjob-who-allegedly-murdered-oberlin-professor-dad-stepmom-allegedly-confessed-on-video-and-tells-court-hes-non-binary/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-31 · by Daniel Cody

Quick Summary

Daniel Jones, 31, allegedly killed his father Pipo Nguyen-Duy, an Oberlin College professor, and stepmother Thi Tran Phong in Ohio. Prosecutors say Jones confessed to the murders in a video recorded after the crime and before setting fire to his car. During his arraignment, Jones identified as Asia Nguyen-Duy and requested gender-neutral pronouns. He was charged with six counts of murder, four felonious assault charges, and one count of tampering with evidence, with a $3 million bond. Prior to these crimes, Jones had previous legal issues including theft and reckless driving.
Written by AI on 2026-10-31, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Why this leaning score
The model judged this article politically coded and scored it -0.15, but every quote it verified points right, so the score is not published.
Written under an earlier scoring contract, which gave a paragraph rather than checkable quotes. Re-analysing this article replaces it.
Leaning score withheld for article 118784: score contradicts its own evidence · logged 2026-10-31

Story

📰 Oberlin Professor Killed By Son Charged
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Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
24%
4 of 17 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Publisher signals
66/100
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5
Crime & Law
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New York Post · 15490 article(s) · 35 correction(s) detected
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Who wrote this

Daniel Cody
82 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
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Topics

NBC Oberlin Oberlin College Ohio Oregon

Subjects

Nguyen-Duy PERSON · 6× NBC ORG · 2× Daniel Jones PERSON · 1× Nguyen-Duy’s PERSON · 1× Oberlin GPE · 1× Oberlin College ORG · 1× Ohio GPE · 1× Oregon GPE · 1× Pipo Nguyen-Duy PERSON · 1× Thi Tran Phong PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Chilling courtroom footage captured by NBC shows four officers dragging a completely limp, catatonic Asia to the defense table during his arraignment Thursday — before he smugly grinned at reporters.
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-31
🔮 Prosecutors said Nguyen-Duy knocked on a stranger’s door after the gruesome killings and asked a woman to record a video so he could post it online.

Claims (17 extracted, 4 hedged)

An Oregon madman who gunned down his dad, a professor at Oberlin College, and stepmother in their Ohio home allegedly copped to the killings in a recorded video, prosecutors revealed Thursday. uncertain
prosecutors → gun → video
Daniel Jones, 31, was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly shot Pipo Nguyen-Duy, 64, and Nguyen-Duy’s wife, Thi Tran Phong, 56 and also torched his own car in an Oberlin parking lot. uncertain
he → arrest → lot
In court he told the judge that his real name was Asia Nguyen-Duy — and asked to be identified using gender-neutral pronouns because he was non-binary, NBC reported. asserted
NBC → tell → pronouns
Chilling courtroom footage captured by NBC shows four officers dragging a completely limp, catatonic Asia to the defense table during his arraignment Thursday — before he smugly grinned at reporters. asserted
he → capture → reporters
Prosecutors said Nguyen-Duy knocked on a stranger’s door after the gruesome killings and asked a woman to record a video so he could post it online. uncertain
he → say → it
In it, Nguyen-Duy confessed and claimed he was escaping a cult, the prosecutor said. “Everything I did was on my own accord and I take full responsibility,” Nguyen-Duy said, the outlet reported. asserted
outlet → confess → responsibility
The bodies of his parents were discovered on the first and second floors of their home, respectively, after police tracked down the son and conducted a welfare check on his family. asserted
police → discover → family
Inside the smoldering Toyota hatchback, firefighters found personal items stuffed in a cardboard box, including a passport and keys. asserted
firefighters → smolder → passport
Live ammunition rounds were also recovered from Nguyne-Duy’s car. asserted
rounds → recover → car
Witness Greg Poirson told Fox 8 that Nguyen-Duy appeared soaked, disheveled and erratic when he last saw them — and had leapt out of a neighbor’s car and claimed he was fleeing a cult. asserted
he → tell → cult
He was slapped with six counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault, and one count of tampering with evidence, and is being held in the Lorain County Jail. asserted
He → slap → Jail
Beginning in 2016, Nguyen-Duy had several run-ins with the laws, including for theft, invasion of personal privacy and reckless driving, according to court records obtained by The Post. uncertain
Duy → begin → Post
He is being held on a $3 million bond. asserted
He → hold → bond
Plastered across his forehead is the acronym “EBK” — street slang for “everybody killa.” asserted
acronym → plaster → killa
Nguyen-Duy has also run a kooky YouTube channel since 2013, which includes several eccentric rants. asserted
which → run → rants
The latest video posted to it shows him shirtless wearing face paint, a head wrap and sagging pants while bizarrely playing the violin next to a highway. asserted
him → post → highway
The Oberlin Police Department and members of Nyguen-Duy’s family have not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment. asserted
Department → respond → comment
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