Modesto man given triple life sentence for 2011 killings

(FOX40.COM) — A Modesto man is facing a triple life sentence for the “execution style murders” of a family of three in 2011, according to the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office.

Chris Douangham, 29, will also not have the possibility of parole and face an additional 50 years to life sentence for “gun use enhancements.”

On Jan. 25, 2011, Douangham and two other suspects entered the V&V Market in Modesto armed with a firearm.

When the three entered the store Vanh Thammavongsa was fatally shot in the neck. Nancy Thammavongsa, 28, was shot in the head and her mother Phovieng Thammavongsa was also killed after attempting to run from the attackers.

Not long after they fled from the store a manhunt was launched and all three suspects were arrested.

Douangham’s accomplices also received life sentences, but one has been released early from his triple life sentence, due to a change in California law, according to the district attorney.

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