A man accused of killing his wife during a domestic dispute Friday was found by police on top of the victim as officers entered the couple’s home and discovered the woman was suffering from a serious wound to her throat, according to the police report.
Ding Sheng Lin, 50, of Simsbury, is charged in the killing of his wife, 49-year-old Qui Rongfang. His 18-year-old son called 911 upon hearing an argument in their Wildwood Road home and what sounded like someone calling for help before he heard “gurgling sounds,” the police report said.
Lin is charged with one count of murder and held in custody pending his arraignment hearing on Monday in Hartford Superior Court.
According to the report, officers were called to the couple’s home at 11:18 a.m. after Lin’s son reported hearing an argument. The first officers on the scene encountered Lin covered in blood and told him to come downstairs.
Police wrote in the report that Lin ignored police and ran into a bedroom and shut the door. Officers kicked the door in and found him on top of a woman who was later identified as Rongfang, the report said. A boxcutter was found nearby on the floor.
The woman was suffering from a serious puncture or slash wound to her throat and was given medical attention at the scene, which included an occlusive dressing and pressure being applied to her wound, the report said.
Rongfang stopped breathing and lost her pulse at one point, so officers began administering chest compressions. She was rushed to Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford where she was pronounced dead at 1:36 p.m.
Lin was taken into custody at the scene. He requested a lawyer and was not interviewed by investigators, the report said.
Police used a Mandarin translator to complete the booking process, as officers noted that Lin only had a basic understanding of English.
According to the report, Lin’s son said he was woken up by an argument between his father and Rongfang. The relationship between the son and Lin’s wife was not made clear in a redacted version of the police report.
During the argument, the son said he sent a text message to his sister letting her know about the dispute, which he said turned into a physical fight, according to the report. The son told police he heard “heavy foot stomping and movement” and someone crying for help. When he called out asking what the couple was doing, he said he got no response and only heard “gurgling sounds,” the report said.
The teen said he was too scared to go check on what was happening.
According to the report, officers noted that some of the blood on Lin appeared to be drying by the time police got into the home. Police said they believe he may have stopped attacking the woman until officers arrived at the home, at which point he allegedly resumed his assault, the report said.
Doctors told police Rongfang likely died from a deep laceration to her throat that caused hemorrhaging, according to the report. One of the wounds was so deep that it reached her spinal cord, police wrote.
An autopsy later showed that Rongfang had a combination of slash and stab wounds to her neck, as well as a laceration on her head behind her ear and what appeared to be defensive wounds to her hands, the report said. The autopsy showed that the wounds were caused by a sharp blade.
The autopsy did not show any signs of strangulation, which led police to believe the sounds the teen heard were likely the victim trying to scream, according to the report.
Police noted in the report that a brief check of the address where the killing occurred showed no prior domestic history between Lin and Rongfang.
