Hunting the killer story: Girly Chew — Gregg Olsen | Notorious USA

Filed by Mark Horner

National Bestselling Author

December 5, 2020

The case

The story of Girly Chew and Diazien Hossencofft is some real tragedy about loneliness, desperation, and a frantic desire to cheat death and get rich. It also happens to involve youth serums, alleged cancer cures, UFOs and hidden reptillians, but by the time the case went to court, it was unclear how much of the latter factors were honestly believed vs how much noise they trew into the legal signal.

Diazien Hossencofft is a con man who ran a particularly dubious con on many, many women. Most of them faced dire health crises as cancer ran wild on their bodies. Hossencofft, taking advantage of the new biotech jardon of the time (the early 1990’s), convinced enough people that he could reverse aging or cure their cancer through the magic of genetic engineering. By talking with enough science fiction nonsense, peppered with real-world biotech jargon, he managed to draw millions of dollars from his victims. But given the tenuous nature of his cons, Diazien seemed to be constantly on the run from old ripoffs.

Girly Chew was his beautiful Malaysian wife, a woman who had no reason not to believe that her husband was who he said he was. They married in 1993 but by 1996, his masked had slipped and Girly learned the horrible truth that for the last 6 years her husband had been running cons, was married to two other women, and had fathered a child in Canada. Shortly thereafter, Girly disappeared. Investigators turned up enough evidence, minus her body, to convict Diazien and his girlfriend Linda Henning for the murder, but the story that turned up during investigation got straight up fucking weird.

What I found on the hunt for this story

I was amazed when I first arrived in Albuquerque, everywhere I went the town was silent. You could feel the pain of this community. It was in the air. One of the first places I went was this little dinner on 2nd and main. It was call the Dualia. As I walked in I could tell I was immediately recognized an outsider. The crowd was on alert. I med this man, Jim Fergo at the counter. He was a regular. I told him that I was an Author and I was doing research on the Girly Chew missing case. He remembered it well and was a acquaintance of the Hossencofft. I couldn’t believe my luck. Jim pointed me in the direction of a local named Betty James. She was a collector and she might have something interesting for me. I found her in the directory and made a meeting date with he the next day. When I arrived at her house, I noticed right away, this woman was a class A hoarder. There was shit everywhere. I introduced myself and she invited me in.

When I stepped in side, I was thinking who in the hell would live in a place like this? You couldn’t find a place to sit. I ended up sitting on a stack of old newspapers. We began to talk and I told here was I was hoping to find. Some kind of insight about who Girly was. To my surprise, she had found her diary at a local swap meet. I was shocked. I asked if I could take a photo of the pages and she agreed. The only problem was, where was it in the piles of vile. About 2 hours later, she fund it under a pile of TV guides and old people magazines. She must of had hundreds of them.

DIARY PAGES Meredith Jacobs/Sofie Jacobs – co-authors of Just Between Us, Mother & Daughter: A No-Stress, No Rules, Journal. photo credit: Meredith Jacobs

Where are they at today

That’s how Hossencofft talked about the murder of his ex-wife Girly Chew Hossencofft. He confessed, and plead guilty. He’s currently serving a life sentence. Now, 18 years later, he’s asking a judge to vacate his sentence. In more than 400 pages, he makes claims and provides pages of interviews and evidence.

The biggest claims are that his sentence was illegal, he was denied due process because of collusion, his attorneys failed at their jobs, and he was forced into his plea deal.

Hossencofft claims prosecutors were colluding with Albuquerque Police to hide evidence that would’ve exonerated him and his mistress, Linda Henning. Henning is also serving time in prison for the murder.

During a hearing in court Thursday, Hossencofft’s attorney asked Judge Alisa Hart for more time to get his facts organized.

Judge Hart: “And you absolutely feel like you need six months?”

Attorney John McCall: “I do, your honor. I don’t want to give too many details, but this case involves global connections.”

Judge Hart granted that six-month extension. This case is so intriguing, it’s been the focus of countless books, articles, and news segments.

Henning is currently serving time here in New Mexico. Officials won’t say where Hossencofft is for safety reasons.