Lian Fang Feng
Feng, circa 2002
- Missing Since 07/19/2002
- Missing From Queens, New York
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Sex Female
- Race Asian
- Age 52 years old
- Height and Weight 5'1, 110 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A white nightgown with pink markings, a gold ring on her right ring finger and a gold necklace with a round jade pendant.
- Distinguishing Characteristics Asian female. Black hair, brown eyes. Feng's name may be given as "Lian-Fong Feng" or "Lian Fong Feng." She was born in China and moved to the United States in 1984; she speaks only Chinese.
Details of Disappearance
Feng was last seen at her home on 52nd Avenue in the New York City borough of Queens on July 19, 2002. When her adult daughter, Jena Liang, came home, she found bloodstains on the floor, on the ceiling and on a vase, as well as evidence that someone had tried to clean up.
There were no signs of forced entry. Feng was nowhere to be found; she has never been heard from again.
Liang believes her stepfather, Roger Hui, was involved in Feng's disappearance. Feng and her husband were in the process of what Liang called an "unfriendly" divorce, but they were still living together. Feng and Hui lived on the second floor of their residence and Liang lived on the first floor.
In 2008, against Liang's wishes, Hui attempted to have his wife declared legally dead so he could become the administrator of her estate and collect her life insurance policy, which was valued at $1 million. The couple co-owned a house; it was sold after Feng's disappearance and her share of the profits were held in escrow.
Liang has accused the New York Police Department of mishandling the investigation into her mother's disappearance. When she asked to see their records for Feng's case, she was told most of them had been destroyed in a flood.
Liang describes her mother as a shy, reclusive woman and stated she could not speak English, although by the time of her disappearance she had lived in the United States for eighteen years. Feng left her wallet and passport behind, and since her disappearance she hasn't accessed the bank account she shares with her daughter.
No one has been charged in Feng's disappearance, but foul play is suspected due to the circumstances involved.
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Daughter Of Missing Queens Woman Urges Police To Reopen Case
November 2, 2011 / 7:49 PM EDT / CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The daughter of a Queens woman missing for nearly decade is calling on police to revive the investigation into the
cold case.
"We want to know what happened to Lian Fang Feng," City Council Member Daniel Dromm said Wednesday.
Feng's daughter, Jena Liang, came home to a horrible scene on July 19, 2002.
"Traces of blood on the floor of our apartment, I noticed that there were stains of blood on the floor," she said. "It looked like somebody washed it off, cleaned it. There were splashes of blood on a vase, on the ceiling."
Liang called police after finding the blood stains in the
Elmhurst apartment where she lived with her 52-year-old mother and stepfather Roger Hui.
Police records showed strong evidence of foul play but no body was ever found. Feng was never seen or heard from again.
Liang is now pointing the finger at her stepfather and said she has evidence he was after insurance money. Hui apparently moved to have Feng declared dead and to have himself appointed the administrator of her estate.
She is urging police to reopen the case.
"Was she murdered? Is she missing? What happened?" Dromm asked. "If this was your mother, what would you do?"
In a press release, Dromm stated an initial investigation was conducted and police had collected evidence of blood spatters, forensic samples from mop water, and photographs of a car bumper owned by one of the residents of the building.
However, shortly after the investigation began, the original detective assigned to the case retired and Liang said the NYPD gave her almost no information into her mother's disappearance.
Liang subpoenaed the NYPD for records of the investigation but was later told that all the evidence had been destroyed in a flood at One Police Plaza.
However, police responded to the story Wednesday night, saying the records were not destroyed.
"This is an active ongoing case which is being investigated by Queens Homicide," police said in a statement.
Nearly a decade ago, Jena Liang came home to her Elmhurst apartment to find her mother gone and blood stains on the floor and ceiling. Police records showed strong evidence of foul play but no body was ever found.
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