October 8, 2014. Guilderland, New York. The bodies of a Chinese immigrant family – 39-year old Jin Feng Chen, his 38-year old wife Hai Yan Li, and their two sons, 10-year old Anthony and 7-year old Eddy – are found inside their bungalow and they have been stabbed and bludgeoned to death. While Jin Feng worked at a local Chinese restaurant, rumours circulate that he may have been involved in illegal activity, such as the trafficking of undocumented workers, and this led to his family being killed. However, these rumours are never substantiated, so the motive for the crime and the identity of the perpetrator is never determined. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the Chen family murders, a brutal crime involving four victims in which there has been a surprisingly low number of strong leads.
Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_family_killings
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/chen-family-murder
https://web.archive.org/web/20181001142359/https://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/chinatown-community-eyed-as-cops-work-to-solve-quadruple-slaying-upstate-1.9601236
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/10/nyregion/2-children-among-4-found-dead-in-an-upstate-home.html
https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Year-after-slaughter-of-Guilderland-family-6551378.php
https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Evidence-technicians-return-to-seen-of-4-killings-5813957.php
https://altamontenterprise.com/10092015/year-after-chinese-family-murdered-no-suspects-here-or-elsewhere-0
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/13/cookas-tale
https://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/03/mississippi_gulf_coast_triple.html
https://abc13.com/sun-family-killings-feng-lu-arrest-murder-of-4-members-massacre/12228938/
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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.
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