A 54-year-old homeless man has been indicted on charges including first-degree murder and held without bail in the death of a 39-year-old female worker who was stabbed at a massage parlor in Flushing's Koreatown on Friday, Dec. 6. The Queens District Attorney's Office said on the morning of Thursday, the 12th, that if convicted he could face up to life in prison without parole.
A suspect has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a worker who was stabbed at a massage parlor in Flushing's Koreatown in Queens. According to the Queens news outlet QNS, Zhordrack Blodywon, 54, who is homeless, was apprehended by the NYPD Warrant Squad on Monday, the 9th, near 98th Street and Astoria Boulevard in East Elmhurst. He was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Wednesday, the 11th, and was remanded without bail. On the morning of Thursday, the 12th, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said that if convicted, he could face up to life in prison without parole.
The victim was Shao Ling Huang, 39. The incident took place on Friday, the 6th, in the afternoon at a ground-floor business in a mixed-use building at 36-17 164th St. According to the criminal complaint cited by QNS, between 3:50 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. that day, the suspect entered the business, forcibly touched the victim's body, stole her belongings, and then stabbed her repeatedly in the head and all over her body, killing her. Another worker at the same business went to check at 4:24 p.m., found the victim lying face down on the floor, and called 911. The location is between Crocheron Avenue and Depot Road, and responding paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. The victim's cellphone was missing from the business.
In addition to first-degree murder, prosecutors also filed charges of two counts of second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, second-degree burglary, first-degree sexual abuse, and criminal possession of a weapon. Judge Jennifer Tubridy ordered him held without bail, and the suspect is due back in court on Tuesday, the 17th. The investigation was led by Detective Juliana Villa of the 109th Precinct detective squad. All of the above are charges only, and guilt or innocence will be decided at trial.
QNS reported that on Thursday, the 5th, the day before the incident, a 311 complaint was filed with the city Department of Buildings alleging that the business was a suspected illegal adult establishment. The siting of adult establishments is governed by the city's Zoning Resolution, and the Department of Buildings is responsible for enforcement. However, the original report does not say whether the complaint is connected to this case. The scene of the incident is on 164th Street, inside Flushing's Koreatown.