Prosecutors: Husband tried to cover wife's murder

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- In tribunal Thanksgiving morning, prosecutors laid retired their lawsuit against a antheral who's accused of murdering his wife, which includes a $250,000 beingness security policy, reportedly signed 2 days earlier her death.

In probable origin court, prosecutors said Christopher Collins "went to large lengths" to marque it look similar his woman had been killed by an intruder.

Collins did not look successful tribunal erstwhile his lawsuit details were work arsenic helium was being evaluated successful a intelligence wellness unit.

This each happened a week agone successful the couple's northwest Harris County home, successful the 18000 artifact of Clayton Bluff Lane.

Investigators said Collins primitively called instrumentality enforcement from the gym, saying his wife, Yuanhua Liang, had texted him astir a alien successful the home.

He met with investigators astatine the location wherever Liang was recovered dormant successful the surviving room.

But now, investigators judge it was each an elaborate ruse.

Collins, a erstwhile subordinate of the military, and his wife, primitively from China, wide stock their pets, gardening, and different activities connected aggregate societal media channels.

Investigators accidental Collins' communicative of a alien successful their location conscionable didn't lucifer up. They pointed retired that the location was not ransacked, and erstwhile they went to the gym wherever helium worked out, they said they recovered immoderate incriminating evidence.

In a locker astatine the gym, investigators reportedly recovered Liang's wallet, which Collins had reported missing, and her cosmetic bag, officials said.

Surveillance video astatine the gym reportedly showed Collins pacing astir for 45 minutes, moving retired for 5 minutes, past going to the café to marque a call, according to details revealed successful court.

In the couple's home, investigators noticed Collins had information cameras installed. Officers reportedly asked Collins wherefore helium didn't cheque them erstwhile his woman sent a substance astir an intruder. According to investigators, Collins said helium would usage them erstwhile helium was retired of the state to cheque connected his wife, but didn't deliberation to cheque them connected the time of her murder.

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Collins reportedly told investigators Liang was often paranoid, and that's wherefore it took him 45 minutes to get backmost to the location aft she sent worrying texts.

A witnesser told investigators she heard arguing coming from the location conscionable earlier the shooting.

Investigators said they besides recovered documents for a $250,000 beingness security argumentation signed by the mates connected Nov. 16, 2 days earlier Liang's death.

Collins reportedly told them helium was driving a rental car since his conveyance had been repossessed.

Investigators accidental Liang was changeable portion wearing a slumber disguise and was recovered with a container implicit her head. Prosecutors said this was further grounds against Collins, since covering the victim's look is communal erstwhile a fishy doesn't privation to ticker idiosyncratic they cognize die.

"Which indicated the container had been placed implicit her caput aft she had been shot. Based connected the officer's grooming and experience, believes the action, which occurs erstwhile a idiosyncratic has a idiosyncratic narration with a deceased idiosyncratic does not privation to spot their look arsenic they die," prosecutors said successful court. "Officers who searched the location recovered a expanse of insubstantial connected the table wrong the residence. The insubstantial was for beingness security for $250,000. The serviceman stated that the suspect and the complainant had signed the insubstantial for beingness security connected Nov. 16, 2021."

Investigators said they besides recovered a .22 caliber unrecorded circular successful Collins' pocket. According to the aesculapian examiner, Liang was changeable with a tiny caliber handgun, akin to the .22 caliber slug found.

Collins is being held successful jailhouse connected a $150,000 bond. The justice said helium indispensable surrender his passport and not talk with immoderate witnesses.

If helium makes bond, helium volition person to deterioration an ankle show and volition person a curfew.