Death of NYC autistic man found in family’s home ruled homicide as police eye mom

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Fitz-Gibbon, J., Marino, J., & Narizhnaya, K. (2026, October 15). Death of NYC autistic man found in family’s home ruled homicide as police eye mom. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/15/us-news/death-of-autistic-man-found-in-familys-home-ruled-homicide-as-police-eye-mom/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-15 · by Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, Joe Marino, Khristina Narizhnaya
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Police have ruled the death of 25-year-old Bryan Wong, an autistic and nonverbal man found with multiple injuries in his Queens home, a homicide. Cops are investigating whether his mother, Suk Kuen Wong, who attempted suicide by jumping off the Van Wyck Expressway around four hours before her son’s body was discovered, may have been involved. At least three knives were recovered from the family residence where Bryan was found with cuts to both wrists and a neck wound; his father made the grisly discovery. The community expressed shock and sadness over what is described as an unexpected tragedy in a generally quiet neighborhood.
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Bryan Wong, a 25-year-old man with autism who was nonverbal, died on October 11, 2026, after being found with multiple slash wounds to his wrists and neck in his home in Woodside, Queens. Police ruled the death a homicide but have not yet made an arrest or identified a suspect. The victim's father discovered Bryan around 8 a.m. on Wednesday, calling 911 upon finding him mortally wounded on a pull-out couch. Three knives were recovered from the scene.

Approximately four hours earlier, around 4 a.m, Bryan’s mother, Suk Kuen Wong, 61, was found with serious injuries under the Van Wyck Expressway in Corona, Queens. She had jumped off the highway and suffered a fractured pelvis and femur but is now hospitalized in stable condition. Law enforcement sources are investigating if she may have been involved in her son's death, though no definitive cause has been established yet.

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Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
41 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 Police have not identified her as a suspect, but are investigating whether she may have been involved.
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🔮 “He needs to be released,” she said of Belgal, repeating a call by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who suggested the menace was a regular “New Yorker.”
🔮 Carrasco then fled the scene, leaving behind a bouquet of flowers he had apparently hoped would help smooth over the pair’s troubled relationship.
🔮 “On the eve of the third anniversary of Oct. 7th, we renew our pledge to Jewish institutions that they will not be left to protect themselves without a strong partner in the NYPD.
🔮 Neighbors told police that the mom and baby may have been thrown from the balcony, and law-enforcement said cops have identified a potential person of interest in the incident, but no details were released. “Please don’t do this!” a tenant told WABC News she heard a woman yelling before the resident saw something plummet to the ground.
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Joe Marino
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🔮 Police have not identified her as a suspect, but are investigating whether she may have been involved.
🔮 None of that stopped Mayor Zohran Mamdani from referring to Belgal as “a New Yorker” in a raging tribute Thursday against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement — a label some Bronx locals took offense to.
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🔮 Carrasco has been on the run since he fled the scene on Tuesday, where he left behind a bouquet of flowers he had apparently hoped would smooth over the couple’s troubled relationship before things took a deadly turn, according to sources.
🔮 Carrasco then fled the scene, leaving behind a bouquet of flowers he had apparently hoped would help smooth over the pair’s troubled relationship.
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🔮 Neighbors told police that the mom and baby may have been thrown from the balcony, and law-enforcement said cops have identified a potential person of interest in the incident, but no details were released. “Please don’t do this!” a tenant told WABC News she heard a woman yelling before the resident saw something plummet to the ground.
🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch also visited the cop at the hospital.
🔮 He was knifed in his neck and the leg, and rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where he is expected to survive, according to sources and the FDNY. Two male suspects, believed to be Hispanic, quickly took off on their e-bikes, the sources said. It was not immediately clear what, if anything, was stolen, according to the sources.
🔮 The city medical examiner will determine the cause of death, according to police.
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Khristina Narizhnaya
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🔮 Police have not identified her as a suspect, but are investigating whether she may have been involved.
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🔮 She left and came to live by me, but she would come back [to him].”
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Topics

Hyundai Queens

Subjects

Bryan Wong PERSON · 1× Bryan Wong’s PERSON · 1× Hyundai ORG · 1× Queens GPE · 1× Suk Kuen Wong PERSON · 1× Wong PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Bryan Wong, who was nonverbal, was found by his dad with slit wrists and a gash to his neck in the family’s Woodside home on Wednesday – shortly before his mom, Suk Kuen Wong, 61, leapt off the Van Wyck Expressway in an apparent suicide attempt, law enforcement sources said.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-15
🔮 Police have not identified her as a suspect, but are investigating whether she may have been involved.

Claims (16 extracted, 3 hedged)

The death of a 25-year-old autistic man found slashed to death inside his family’s Queens home has been ruled a homicide — as cops continue to investigate if his mom was the killer, sources said. asserted
sources → find → home
Bryan Wong, who was nonverbal, was found by his dad with slit wrists and a gash to his neck in the family’s Woodside home on Wednesday – shortly before his mom, Suk Kuen Wong, 61, leapt off the Van Wyck Expressway in an apparent suicide attempt, law enforcement sources said. asserted
sources → find → attempt
Police have not made an arrest or identified a suspect — but are investigating the victim’s mom. asserted
Police → make → mom
Cops responded to the three-story walk-up apartment building on 59th Street near Laurel Hill Boulevard around 8 a.m. after the slain man’s dad found him bloodied on a pull-out couch, police and sources said. asserted
police → respond → couch
The victim, who is autistic and nonverbal, had suffered cuts to both his wrists and a wound on the left side of his neck, and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police At least three knives were recovered from the home. uncertain
knives → suffer → home
The grisly discovery came four hours after Bryan Wong’s mother was found lying in the street under the Van Wyck Expressway with a fractured pelvis and femur — and her disabled gray Hyundai found abandoned on the northside of the busy road above. asserted
Hyundai → come → road
The injured woman was hospitalized and listed in stable condition. asserted
woman → hospitalize → condition
Police have not identified her as a suspect, but are investigating whether she may have been involved. uncertain
she → identify → suspect
The disturbing crime shocked neighbors, who described the Wong family as friendly and quiet. asserted
who → shock → family
“They’re very quite nice family,” one local resident said. asserted
resident → ’re → ?
“I never hear anything wrong with them before. asserted
I → hear → them
It is very sad because I’ve been living in this area for almost 31 years. asserted
I → live → years
I have seen this boy growing up. asserted
boy → see → ?
“When you living in together in one area, we feel like it’s a family, together, community, there,” they said. asserted
they → live → area
“I don’t expect that it could happen in an area like that. uncertain
it → expect → that
To us, it’s very sad.” asserted
it → ’ → us
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