Trung Duc Lu

Trung Duc Lu (; born October 1, 1980) is a Vietnamese criminal suspected of involvement in a double homicide in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, on August 27, 2014.

The murders pertained to a drug debt owed to the Vietnamese "Born to Kill" street gang based in New York. Lu is the last individual suspected of direct involvement in the case who has not been convicted.

On March 11, 2026, Lu was placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list and is currently believed by American authorities to be in Vietnam.

Background Lu was born in Vietnam in 1980, though he also uses birth dates between 1979 and 1982. He moved to the United States as a teenager. Residing in Queens, New York City, Lu is alleged to have been a member of the Vietnamese "Born to Kill" street gang (also known as "BTK" or the "Canal Boys").

2014 double homicide According to authorities, two Vietnamese brothers involved in the marijuana trade, Vu and Viet Huynh, and their acquaintance, Thanh Voong, received a large quantity of the drug from the "Born to Kill" gang to sell in Philadelphia on consignment; though after it was sold, they gambled away most of the proceeds.

In August 2014, the gang sent Lu and two other members, Jason Rivera and John Dao, There, the Huynhs and Voong were lured to a home in Southwest Philadelphia owned by local gang contact Tam Le, where they were tied up and beaten in his garage before being brought to a parking lot on the Schuylkill River.

On March 11, 2026, Lu was placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list; the FBI believes he is living in Vietnam and is offering up to $1,000,000 for information leading to his capture.

Other convictions

Tam Le was convicted and sentenced to death for his role in the murders and died behind bars in February 2025. Jason Rivera and John Dao were also convicted, as was gang member Minh Nguyen for his involvement and their drug suppliers, Lam Trieu of New York and "Fat Man" of California.