- The murder of a brother and sister in Queens was solved yesterday when the sister's ex-boyfriend confessed to killing both of them in an attempt to rob money. Jin Lin had denied any role in the murder, which took place in Simon and Sharon Ng's Kew Gardens Hills apratment, but the police placed Lin at the scene when they found that Simon Ng had written an entry in his computer "wondering why Lin was there and wished he would leave." Lin then confessed that he went to the Ngs' apartment, and stabbed the brother when he didn't find money in the apartment. He then waited for his ex to return home, stabbing her in the neck. Sharon Ng managed to call her current boyfriend, but died later at a hospital.
- A bathroom attendant at the Coral Room on West 29th Street was charged with raping an 18 year-old clubgoer. The DA's office says the suspect led the victim to one of the unisex bathrooms and forced her to have sex with him until she was able to run away. The victim's boyfriend reported the crime, but an unnamed manager at the Coral Room told the NY Times, "To my understanding, he did not do anything." The Post says the victim used a fake ID to gain entry to the club.
- And the trial of Cheng Chui "Big Sister" Ping continues. Ping is accused to masterminding the fatal 1993 Golden Venture smuggling of illegal aliens from China in a freight ship. The ship hit a sandbar in the Rockaways, and the immigrants were forced to swim to shore. Ten of the 300 immigrants died of drowning or hypothermia, and the incident became infamous for the extreme conditions people would be willing to travel in to reach the U.S.
