A Queens mother remained hospitalized Thursday after being charged with murdering her autistic adult son and then leaping from an expressway in an apparent suicide attempt.
Suk Kuen Wong, 62, faces murder and weapon possession charges for allegedly killing Bryan Wong, 25, inside the family’s Woodside apartment last week, according to police. The victim’s father discovered his son’s body on the morning of Oct. 14, setting off a gruesome investigation that has left neighbors reeling.
Cops found Bryan Wong bloodied on a pull-out couch around 8 a.m. At the three-story walk-up on 59th Street near Laurel Hill Boulevard. He had suffered cuts to both wrists and a gash on the left side of his neck, and was pronounced dead at the scene. At least three knives were recovered from the home, police said.
The father had made the horrifying discovery after entering the apartment, finding his son with the fatal neck wound and slit wrists, according to law enforcement sources. What prompted the alleged attack remains unclear, and prosecutors said no arraignment date had been set as of Thursday afternoon while Wong remained under medical care.
The suspect’s injuries came from a leap off the Van Wyck Expressway following the alleged murder, law enforcement sources said. She suffered a broken pelvis and femur in the fall, leaving her hospitalized when police filed charges Wednesday.
The Wongs had long been a fixture of the quiet residential block, with neighbors describing them as an unremarkable, close-knit family who kept to themselves. The violence has shattered that perception among those who watched Bryan grow up.
“They’re very quite nice family,” one local resident said. “I never hear anything wrong with them before. It is very sad because I’ve been living in this area for almost 31 years. I have seen this boy growing up. So, he was like, to me, as a son.”
The neighbor’s account underscores the shock that has rippled through the community since the killing, with longtime residents struggling to reconcile the allegations against the mother they knew with the grisly scene police described.
Bryan Wong’s autism had been a defining aspect of his life, and at 25 he remained in the family home where he would ultimately die. The circumstances that led his mother to allegedly arm herself with multiple knives and attack him have not been disclosed by investigators.
The case now moves toward arraignment once Wong’s medical condition permits, with prosecutors prepared to move forward on the murder and weapon possession counts filed this week.
