Killing and Birthing S.I. Mom

Yikes - a Staten Island woman killed her husband, trying to kill herself, and then gave birth to a baby boy yesterday. The woman, Sung-Ann Choi-Lee, called the police in the morning saying she killed her husband. Police found her husband stabbed and her wrists slit. A few hours later at a Staten Island hospital, she had their son. All their neighbors are surprised that this could happen (as neighbors usually are), and police have charged Choi-Lee with murder and weapons possession. Gothamist doesn't know what to make of this, except that it's terrible and we imagine the murder charge may go down to manslaughter and she'll plead temporary insanity. And, yes, it may be fodder for an episode of Law & Order. But, still, scary and sad for the baby.

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This is so freaky - we met this couple a few months ago at my gfs 'rents church (Korean methodist on S.I.). Kind of typical couple - he grew up here and was very quiet, she was from Seoul and very sweet. We're pretty sure it was an arranged marriage. This is like the most bizarro murder of the year and it feels pretty wierd we were acquanted with them.

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