Crime & Safety

Woman, 26, Fatally Stabbed At Queens Spa: NYPD

The victim was transported to New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead.

QUEENS, NY — A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged after a fatal stabbing in Queens that left a 26-year-old woman dead Tuesday, police said Wednesday.

Jiahai Ma has been charged with murder, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon and harassment, police said.

At 5:41 p.m., police found the victim — identified as Jui Mei Tang —with multiple stab wounds to the body and the neck inside a spa in the vicinity of Kissena Boulevard and Barclay Avenue.

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The victim was transported to New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead, police said.

The man charged is the victim's husband, according to multiple media reports.

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