Brooklyn stabbing suspect appears in courtroom
Mingdong Chen, 25, didn't say a word during his arraignment Monday in Brooklyn Criminal Court on murder, assault and weapons possession charges.
BY OREN YANIV , ROCCO PARASCANDOLA , TINA MOORE AND RYAN SIT / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2013, 4:55 PM
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Mingdong Chen, 25, didn’t say a word during his arraignment Monday at Brooklyn Criminal Court.
The monster who police sources say butchered his cousin's wife and four children with a kitchen knife because he envied their lives sat stone-faced in court Monday at his arraignment on murder charges.
Confessed-killer Mingdong Chen, 25, went on a rampage at his cousin's Brooklyn apartment Saturday night telling cops later that the family "had everything and he had nothing," a police source said. A neighbor said the family didn’t like Chen because he “gambled and smoked.”
Another police source said Chen was also jealous because he did not have a wife or family of his own.
Assistant District Attorney Mark Hale said Chen, who wore dark scrubs in Brooklyn Criminal Court, was "a transient" and "an illegal alien."
"The defendant is charged with murder in the first-degree and other homicide counts relating to the death of a Brooklyn woman and her four children that occurred this past Saturday night by stabbing," he said.
Chen was charged with one count of first-degree murder and four counts of second-degree murder in the massacre of Qiao Zhen Li, 37, and her kids: William Zhuo, 1; Amy Zhuo, 7; Kevin Zhuo, 5; and Linda Zhuo, 9.
He was held without bail.
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Chen was jealous of the life his relatives had, police sources said.
When relatives came to the house, Chen, wearing a blood-spattered shirt, said, “I know I am done,” the criminal complaint states.
All of the victims had knife wounds to their necks, the criminal complaint states. The mother was also stabbed in the arm.
A law enforcement source said cops video-taped Chen’s confession.
Chen's lawyer, Danielle Eaddy, complained in court that Chen was injured while being interviewed by the NYPD.
"On the forehead of my client there are two good sized bruises that happened ... when he was in custody," Eaddy told the judge.
Chen, who was aided at the brief hearing by a Mandarin interpreter, was also charged with assaulting two police officers.
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Chen is charged with five counts of murder.
According to the criminal complaint, Chen "became combative and irate" with two officers who were trying to translate for him during his police interview early Sunday morning.
He punched and kicked one of them, sending the officer to the hospital with an injured wrist.
Eaddy also said she didn't want her client to receive a psychiactric evaluation at this time.
At the scene of the gruesome slaying, 870 57th St., a man who identified himself as a former coworker of the dead woman’s husband, Yi Lin Zhou, looked for his friend.
Zhou was out Saturday night when the massacre occurred. Police said his wife tried to reach him when she grew concerned about Chen’s behavior.
"They're a very, very, very good family," the man, who didn’t want to give his name, said.
Meanwhile, neighbors near the Sunset Park apartment want to move out.
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The grisly slaying in Sunset Park has stunned neighbors who want to leave the area.
Yun Wang, 40, an upstairs neighbor said “the building smells bad” and that “we’re scared.”
Wang said he wants to move out but police won't let him take his things away until they've finished the investigation.
"I want to move out but they say, ‘No,’” Wang said. "Nobody wants to stay.”
Katrina He, 30, lives in the front apartment right next door to the victims and was with him.
“We will also be moving out,” she said.
She said she’d seen the baby-faced killer outside smoking but never talked to him.
With Ryan Sit
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