The death of a non-verbal autistic man found with his neck and wrists slit in his family’s Queens home has been ruled a homicide as police investigate the role in the killing of the man’s mother, who attempted suicide by leaping from the Van Wyck Expressway.
Bryan Wong’s father found his son dead with gashes on his neck and wrists on a pullout couch inside the living room of their single-family home on 59th St. near Laurel Hill Blvd. in Woodside around 9 a.m. on Wednesday — the young man’s 25th birthday, a police source said. Investigators recovered a knife from the living room and two more in the bathroom.
About five hours earlier, Wong’s 62-year-old mother threw herself from the Van Wyck Expressway in an attempted suicide, police said. She was found below the overpass on Harper St. with fractures to her pelvis and femur, according to cops. Medics rushed her to New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, where she remains in critical but stable condition.
A police source said investigators found a suicide note written by the mother, who is suspected as potentially playing a role in his death. There have been no arrests ion the case.
“I would see the mother with her son, very tired and stressed out,” said Patricia Guevara, who lives down the street from the family.
“He wasn’t able to speak. He was only able to make grunting noises. She hardly took him out of the house. It’s terribly sad.”
Wong’s father shared a birthday with his son, turning 62 on Wednesday, according to police.