NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York woman and her four young children were hacked to death with a meat cleaver in their Brooklyn home, and the father's cousin was charged with their murders on Sunday, the New York Police Department said.
Responding to an emergency call on Saturday night, police found two boys, two girls and their mother with multiple wounds at their home in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood.
Ming Dong Chen, the 25-year-old cousin of the children's father, was at the home and was taken into custody. He was charged with five counts of murder, criminal possession of a weapon and assaulting a police officer, a police spokesman said.
Three of the children were found dead at the scene. The woman and one of the children were later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
The victims were identified as
William Zhuo, 18 months;
Kevin Zhuo, 5;
Amy Zhuo, 7;
Linda Zhuo, 9; and
Qiao Zhen Li, 37.
Li's husband returned home after the police arrived and is not suspected of any involvement in the were hacked to death with a meat cleaver in their Brooklyn home, and the father's cousin was charged with their murders on Sunday, the New York Police Department said.
Responding to an emergency call on Saturday night, police found two boys, two girls and their mother with multiple wounds at their home in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood.
Ming Dong Chen, the 25-year-old cousin of the children's father, was at the home and was taken into custody. He was charged with five counts of murder, criminal possession of a weapon and assaulting a police officer, a police spokesman said.
Three of the children were found dead at the scene. The woman and one of the children were later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
The victims were identified as William Zhuo, 1; Kevin Zhuo, 5; Amy Zhuo, 7; Linda Zhuo, 9; and Qiao Zhen Li, 37.
Li's husband returned home after the police arrived and is not suspected of any involvement in the killings, police said.
Police declined to discuss a possible motive for the killings.
NEW YORK—Four hearses waited outside a Brooklyn funeral home Sunday to transport four children and their mother to a cemetery in New Jersey, two weeks after they were killed in their Sunset Park apartment.
Mourners lining the street corners around the funeral home were expressionless. A strong wind blew as the crowd stood outside. The building had already filled to capacity.
At 2 p.m., after roughly four hours of funeral services, the five coffins were loaded into the hearses. Chinese ethnic music played with suonas and percussion. A Daoist priest conducted some rites of passage for the murder victims, chanting incantations and throwing special money into the wind.
Zhuo, flanked by the funeral director, held a picture of his wife and young children and a large stick of burning incense. His controlled expression betrayed pain.
The wind blew furiously as the last two children’s coffins were lifted into the hearses. Flowers were hurriedly placed on top, as pallbearers pushed the white bouquets against the wind.
The body of the youngest child, 18-month-old William Zhuo, was placed in the same hearse as his mother, Li Qiaozhen, 37. They were buried together.
Nine-year-old Linda Zhuo, 7-year-old Amy Zhuo, and 5-year-old Kevin Zhuo will be buried next to them at Forest Lawn Cemetery, in New Jersey.
Responding to an emergency call on Saturday night, police found two boys, two girls and their mother with multiple wounds at their home in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood.
Ming Dong Chen, the 25-year-old cousin of the children's father, was at the home and was taken into custody. He was charged with five counts of murder, criminal possession of a weapon and assaulting a police officer, a police spokesman said.
Three of the children were found dead at the scene. The woman and one of the children were later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
The victims were identified as
William Zhuo, 18 months;
Kevin Zhuo, 5;
Amy Zhuo, 7;
Linda Zhuo, 9; and
Qiao Zhen Li, 37.
Li's husband returned home after the police arrived and is not suspected of any involvement in the were hacked to death with a meat cleaver in their Brooklyn home, and the father's cousin was charged with their murders on Sunday, the New York Police Department said.
Responding to an emergency call on Saturday night, police found two boys, two girls and their mother with multiple wounds at their home in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood.
Ming Dong Chen, the 25-year-old cousin of the children's father, was at the home and was taken into custody. He was charged with five counts of murder, criminal possession of a weapon and assaulting a police officer, a police spokesman said.
Three of the children were found dead at the scene. The woman and one of the children were later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
The victims were identified as William Zhuo, 1; Kevin Zhuo, 5; Amy Zhuo, 7; Linda Zhuo, 9; and Qiao Zhen Li, 37.
Li's husband returned home after the police arrived and is not suspected of any involvement in the killings, police said.
Police declined to discuss a possible motive for the killings.
NEW YORK—Four hearses waited outside a Brooklyn funeral home Sunday to transport four children and their mother to a cemetery in New Jersey, two weeks after they were killed in their Sunset Park apartment.
Mourners lining the street corners around the funeral home were expressionless. A strong wind blew as the crowd stood outside. The building had already filled to capacity.
At 2 p.m., after roughly four hours of funeral services, the five coffins were loaded into the hearses. Chinese ethnic music played with suonas and percussion. A Daoist priest conducted some rites of passage for the murder victims, chanting incantations and throwing special money into the wind.
Zhuo, flanked by the funeral director, held a picture of his wife and young children and a large stick of burning incense. His controlled expression betrayed pain.
The wind blew furiously as the last two children’s coffins were lifted into the hearses. Flowers were hurriedly placed on top, as pallbearers pushed the white bouquets against the wind.
The body of the youngest child, 18-month-old William Zhuo, was placed in the same hearse as his mother, Li Qiaozhen, 37. They were buried together.
Nine-year-old Linda Zhuo, 7-year-old Amy Zhuo, and 5-year-old Kevin Zhuo will be buried next to them at Forest Lawn Cemetery, in New Jersey.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York woman and her four young children were hacked to death with a meat cleaver in their Brooklyn home, and the father's cousin was charged with their murders on Sunday, the New York Police Department said.
Responding to an emergency call on Saturday night, police found two boys, two girls and their mother with multiple wounds at their home in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood.
Ming Dong Chen, the 25-year-old cousin of the children's father, was at the home and was taken into custody. He was charged with five counts of murder, criminal possession of a weapon and assaulting a police officer, a police spokesman said.
Three of the children were found dead at the scene. The woman and one of the children were later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
The victims were identified as
William Zhuo, 18 months;
Kevin Zhuo, 5;
Amy Zhuo, 7;
Linda Zhuo, 9; and
Qiao Zhen Li, 37.
Li's husband returned home after the police arrived and is not suspected of any involvement in the were hacked to death with a meat cleaver in their Brooklyn home, and the father's cousin was charged with their murders on Sunday, the New York Police Department said.
Responding to an emergency call on Saturday night, police found two boys, two girls and their mother with multiple wounds at their home in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood.
Ming Dong Chen, the 25-year-old cousin of the children's father, was at the home and was taken into custody. He was charged with five counts of murder, criminal possession of a weapon and assaulting a police officer, a police spokesman said.
Three of the children were found dead at the scene. The woman and one of the children were later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
The victims were identified as William Zhuo, 1; Kevin Zhuo, 5; Amy Zhuo, 7; Linda Zhuo, 9; and Qiao Zhen Li, 37.
Li's husband returned home after the police arrived and is not suspected of any involvement in the killings, police said.
Police declined to discuss a possible motive for the killings.
NEW YORK—Four hearses waited outside a Brooklyn funeral home Sunday to transport four children and their mother to a cemetery in New Jersey, two weeks after they were killed in their Sunset Park apartment.
Mourners lining the street corners around the funeral home were expressionless. A strong wind blew as the crowd stood outside. The building had already filled to capacity.
At 2 p.m., after roughly four hours of funeral services, the five coffins were loaded into the hearses. Chinese ethnic music played with suonas and percussion. A Daoist priest conducted some rites of passage for the murder victims, chanting incantations and throwing special money into the wind.
Zhuo, flanked by the funeral director, held a picture of his wife and young children and a large stick of burning incense. His controlled expression betrayed pain.
The wind blew furiously as the last two children’s coffins were lifted into the hearses. Flowers were hurriedly placed on top, as pallbearers pushed the white bouquets against the wind.
The body of the youngest child, 18-month-old William Zhuo, was placed in the same hearse as his mother, Li Qiaozhen, 37. They were buried together.
Nine-year-old Linda Zhuo, 7-year-old Amy Zhuo, and 5-year-old Kevin Zhuo will be buried next to them at Forest Lawn Cemetery, in New Jersey.
Responding to an emergency call on Saturday night, police found two boys, two girls and their mother with multiple wounds at their home in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood.
Ming Dong Chen, the 25-year-old cousin of the children's father, was at the home and was taken into custody. He was charged with five counts of murder, criminal possession of a weapon and assaulting a police officer, a police spokesman said.
Three of the children were found dead at the scene. The woman and one of the children were later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
The victims were identified as
William Zhuo, 18 months;
Kevin Zhuo, 5;
Amy Zhuo, 7;
Linda Zhuo, 9; and
Qiao Zhen Li, 37.
Li's husband returned home after the police arrived and is not suspected of any involvement in the were hacked to death with a meat cleaver in their Brooklyn home, and the father's cousin was charged with their murders on Sunday, the New York Police Department said.
Responding to an emergency call on Saturday night, police found two boys, two girls and their mother with multiple wounds at their home in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood.
Ming Dong Chen, the 25-year-old cousin of the children's father, was at the home and was taken into custody. He was charged with five counts of murder, criminal possession of a weapon and assaulting a police officer, a police spokesman said.
Three of the children were found dead at the scene. The woman and one of the children were later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
The victims were identified as William Zhuo, 1; Kevin Zhuo, 5; Amy Zhuo, 7; Linda Zhuo, 9; and Qiao Zhen Li, 37.
Li's husband returned home after the police arrived and is not suspected of any involvement in the killings, police said.
Police declined to discuss a possible motive for the killings.
NEW YORK—Four hearses waited outside a Brooklyn funeral home Sunday to transport four children and their mother to a cemetery in New Jersey, two weeks after they were killed in their Sunset Park apartment.
Mourners lining the street corners around the funeral home were expressionless. A strong wind blew as the crowd stood outside. The building had already filled to capacity.
At 2 p.m., after roughly four hours of funeral services, the five coffins were loaded into the hearses. Chinese ethnic music played with suonas and percussion. A Daoist priest conducted some rites of passage for the murder victims, chanting incantations and throwing special money into the wind.
Zhuo, flanked by the funeral director, held a picture of his wife and young children and a large stick of burning incense. His controlled expression betrayed pain.
The wind blew furiously as the last two children’s coffins were lifted into the hearses. Flowers were hurriedly placed on top, as pallbearers pushed the white bouquets against the wind.
The body of the youngest child, 18-month-old William Zhuo, was placed in the same hearse as his mother, Li Qiaozhen, 37. They were buried together.
Nine-year-old Linda Zhuo, 7-year-old Amy Zhuo, and 5-year-old Kevin Zhuo will be buried next to them at Forest Lawn Cemetery, in New Jersey.
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