Rep Aids Dad's Visa To See Slain Daughter

By Joseph Orovic

The father of the woman slain in a brutal Flushing murder last week will have the chance to come to the United States for his daughter's funeral, thanks to a local Congressman.

Qian Wu, 46, of Flushing was killed last Tuesday, and police arrested her neighbor and charged him with her murder. They also arrested the landlady for tampering with evidence.

Police have said the brutality was the culmination of years of harassment, which included six orders of protection taken out by the victim during the span. Neighbor Huang Chen allegedly butchered Wu, cutting out her heart and lungs.

The grizzly murder was discovered when neighbors complained of blood covering the hallway floor around 7:30 p.m.

According to District Attorney Richard Brown, surveillance footage allegedly showed 47-year-old Chen leaving his apartment on 40th Road around 5 p.m., putting an object in his pocket along the way.

Almost half an hour later, footage showed Chen allegedly reentering his residence covered in blood and carrying a yellow plastic bag which contained a hammer and utility knife.

He then allegedly cleaned blood off of his building stairwell. Chen's landlady Wenxim Zhang, allegedly helped Chen wipe away the blood and dispose of bags that were later found to contain the weapon.

Police said Chen allegedly followed Wu into the building as she was coming home from a store. As she was about to open her apartment door, he allegedly bludgeoned her over the head with a hammer repeatedly and stabbed her several times before carving out her heart and lungs.

U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside) reached out to the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai to expedite the visa for Wu's father, De Cheng Wu.

Chen, an illegal alien who lived in the same building as Wu, had spent 30 days in jail in 2006 for choking Wu with a plastic rope and punching her in the face. The arrest led to deportation proceedings in El Paso, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement released him.

Reach Reporter Joseph Orovic at jorovic@queenstribune.com, or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127.