I initially read this as Lucy Liu (the actress) and was very confused.

“She never imagined for a moment that her daughter would ever do something as thoughtless, selfish, irresponsible,” said [her mom’s] lawyer

🙄

In case anyone else is curious about the story behind the murder: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/karafa-li-guilty-verdict-1.7213791

tldr: She tried to clear her debt by killing the people she owed money to.

That ain’t any way to treat yo mama.