Twin Convicted of Murder Plot Is Hospitalized

Jeen “Gina” Han, who was sentenced last week to 26 years to life in prison for conspiring with two teenagers to kill her identical twin sister, was recovering in a hospital Tuesday from what sources said was a suicide attempt after she took an overdose of sleeping pills.

A spokeswoman for Western Medical Center confirmed that Han was a patient there but said that hospital officials could not release any information about her condition or why and when she was admitted.

Orange County sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Hector Rivera said Han was discovered ill in her jail cell at 6 a.m. Monday. Rivera said he did not know what caused Han, 24, to become ill or if she attempted suicide. However, Han’s attorney, Alternate Public Defender Roger Alexander, said he visited his client in the hospital Tuesday afternoon.

“She took a bunch of pills that she had been hoarding for quite a while and began vomiting,” Alexander said. “Her cellmate called a deputy and they rushed her to the hospital where they pumped her stomach.”