Breaking: Sheriff Announces Arrest of 3 In Spring Couple's Murder

HOUSTON, TX — Three men are facing capital murder charges for the execution-style murder of Bao and Jenny Lam last week.

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez announced the arrest of the three suspects during a new conference at the Harris County Sheriff's Office in Houston on Wednesday afternoon.

"The nature of this crime was very brutal," Gonzalez said. "Mr. and Mrs Lam were executed. We feel that these individuals may have committed other violent crimes."

The bodies of the 61-year old couple were discoverd Jan. 13 after members of the Lam family called deputies for a welfare check, after not hearing from the couple for several days.

READ: Investigators Release Video In Spring Couple's Murder

The Lam's were found tied up and shot to death inside their home, and investigators said the home had been ransacked.

Lt. Christopher Sandoval, homicide investigator with the Harris County Sheriff's Office, said their office recieved several tips about the Lincoln Navigator seen in a surveillance video relased on Tuesday, which led them to the three suspects who were arrested Wednesday.

So far, one of those men has confessed to the cime, Sandoval said.

"We have filed capital murder charges on the three suspects," Sandoval said. "We will continue to tie up loose ends relative to the investigation, and it just can't be said enough that we thank our partners in the community who came forward and provided the information that was necessary to take care of this case."

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office released surveillance video on Jan. 16 that was recorded Jan 11 outside of the front gate of the couple’s subdivision.

The video showed a Lincoln Navigator pulling to the front of the subdivision and two men getting out and crawling under the gate.

Shortly after the men crawled under the gate, the Lam's were recorded driving into the subdivision in their grey Porsche.

Investigators believe the two men ambushed the Lams when the arrived home a short time later, and forced them into their home where they were tied up, robbed, and murdered.

On Jan. 12, at about 2:30 a.m., video surveillance shows the Lam's gray Porsche leave the subdivision, and return a short time later and remained at the scene until about 6:30a.m. when the driver, returned to the Navigator and drove away, followed by the Porsche.

It appears that the suspects returned to the Lam's home several times between their initial assault on Thursday night and when the Lam's bodies were discovered on Saturday evening.

Investigators said guns, jewlery and other valuables were stolen from inside the home, and the Porsche was also stolen, but was recovered the day after the bodies were discoverd.

Sandoval said the men who were arrested had property with them that had been taken from the Lam home, linking them to the crime.

Richard Lam, the couple's son who was there when deputies arrived at the home on Saturday, thanked the sheriff's office for working so hard and so quickly to make an arrest.

"We are relieved to have these three men off the streets, no longer able to harm anyone else," Lam said.

The Harris County Sheriff's Office is expected to release more information on this case soon.

This is a developing story

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