Crime & Safety

Wife Of Forest Hills Duck Sauce Killer Could Be Cleared: Report

New evidence may prove Dorothy Hirsch's innocence and lack of involvement in the death of a delivery worker, according to her lawyer.

Dorothy Hirsch was arrested on weapons charges in connection with the death of Zhiwan Yan, the delivery worker that prosecutors say her husband killed over condiments, according to the Queens District Attorney's Office.
Dorothy Hirsch was arrested on weapons charges in connection with the death of Zhiwan Yan, the delivery worker that prosecutors say her husband killed over condiments, according to the Queens District Attorney's Office. (Ethan Felder)

FOREST HILLS, NY — The attorney of the suspected Duck Sauce killer's widow says he has evidence clearing his client of gun possession charges, according to a new report.

The lawyer for Dorothy Hirsch — whose husband Glenn died by suicide facing murder charges for the death of Zhiwen Yan — said he had proof guns found in her home belonged to her late husband, according to a Daily News report.

In a letter filed Wednesday to Queens Criminal Court, attorney Mark Bederow said his private investigator found gun cases in Glenn Hirsch's home that matched the guns found in Dorothy's, the News reported.

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She was arrested on weapons charges after police found eight guns and ammunition in her Queens home, multiple outlets reported at the time.

This evidence corresponds with the assertion Glenn Hirsh, 51, made in his suicide note that he owned the weapons found in her home earlier this year.

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Glenn Hirsch faced criminal charges for the fatal shooting of Yan 45, on April 30, court records show.

Prosecutors contended Hirsch killed the Great Wall delivery worker over a common Chinese food condiment.

Read the Daily News report here.


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