By Bryan Schwartzman
Police said the boy stood at the second-floor window at 40-34 217th St. while his father allegedly stabbed his mother multiple times in the neck and then turned the knife on his own stomach, police said.
“He stabbed his wife, and then himself,” said Sgt. Billy Stiles, a police spokesman. Community Affairs Officer Anthony Lombardi of the 111th Police Precinct in Bayside said the son called 911 to report the violence.
Jin Sun Kim, 39, died on arrival at North Shore University Hospital, said Michelle Pinto, a hospital spokeswoman. The husband, Young Hoon Kim, remained at the same hospital in stable condition.
It was believed to be the fourth murder in the 111th Precinct this year.
Stiles said Kim has been arrested for murder, but he has not yet been arraigned since he was still in the hospital.
Police said there was a history of domestic violence in the Kim household and that Young Hoon was arrested on Oct. 19 for violating an order of protection obtained by Jin Sun.
Kim was arrested on Oct. 19 on charges of assaulting his wife, Lombardi said Tuesday. He said a report involving Kim and his wife was also filed in Manhattan on Oct. 30, where they both worked.
Kim had been placed on a “high propensity” list by the 111th Precinct's domestic violence unit, Lombardi said. Officers from the precinct's domestic violence unit visited the home unannounced several times as part of the program.
Angie, a co-worker of Jin Sun at the Bon Sofi Hair and Skin Care Salon in Manhattan said the two had been living apart for several months.
Neighbors called police at about 9:10 a.m. Saturday after hearing Jin Sun Kim's screams. She was apparently leaving for work in Manhattan.
Police stayed at the crime scene for about two hours, and by noon the yellow police tape from the two-family house next to the Long Island Rail Road tracks had been taken down.
Police said they found the kitchen knife on the steps and one of the victim's shoes several feet away by the garage.
Despite the rain, large, thick pools of blood were visible on the front steps and on the cement in front of the garage. After the police left, several moving men working on a house next door took a hose and washed the blood off the sidewalk.
“She was a very caring person,” said Angie. “We were very concerned about her.”
Angie said Jin Sun Kim's 14-year-old son, who attends IS 158 in Bayside, was the center of her life.
“She loves her son, very much,” Angie said. “We felt she was not living her life, she was living life for her son.”
Angie said Jin Sun Kim's relatives have not yet decided where the boy will stay.
She said the funeral was planned for Wednesday in Flushing, but she could not give a specific location. On Tuesday the answering machine message said the salon would be closed for the next week.
“This is a local tragedy, and it didn't even involve a gun situation,” said Frank Skala, the president of the East Bayside Homeowners Association.
Skala, who lives several blocks from where the murder took place, said quality-of-life concerns are normally the biggest issues in the low-crime area.
Skala said, “I can't believe a domestic squabble led to murder.”
Murders are few and far between in the 111th Police Precinct, which covers Bayside, Little Neck, Douglaston, Oakland Gardens, and Hollis Hills.
In September a jeweler was shot and killed during a robbery attempt at his Horace Harding Expressway shop. In January, a worker shot and killed his boss at a Douglaston co-op before attempting to commit suicide. There was also another murder during the year.
