The Unsolved Murder of a Chinese Immigrant

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Esmeralda Bermudez, An Anguished Search for His Daughter's Killer: Donglei Shi was found dead in an Alhambra park nearly two years ago. No witnesses and little evidence were found. Her father, George, has tirelessly pursued his quest and is offering a $200,000 reward. Los Angeles Times, Jan 11, 2012.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-alhambra-murder-20120111,0,2857170.story

Quote:

"Longing for political and economic freedom, [George] Shi came to Los Angeles on a visa from China's Shandong province in 1996. His wife and children joined him three years later.

"Most painful of all is when [George] Shi speaks to relatives in China. They have no idea Donglei is dead. The Shis are too ashamed to tell them. 'What will they say?' Shi said. 'They think we are in the best place on Earth. They think we are in heaven. But here, in America, we lost our daughter. She was killed, and I haven't been able to catch the murderer.'  So they tell brothers and sisters back home: Donglei is working. Donglei is doing well.

Note:
(a) The photo caption says "George Shi walks near a wash in Alhambra's Story Park."

wash (n):
"1b : BOG, MARSH
c (1) : a shallow body of water (2) : a shallow creek
d West : the dry bed of a stream —called also dry wash"
www.m-w.com
(b) Alhambra, California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra,_California
(Alhambra is named after Washington Irving's book Tales of the Alhambra, not after the Alhambra palace itself)