The Appeal: New Evidence in the Death of a Queens Massage Worker

The Queens DA’s office collected surveillance footage from multiple cameras, according to Hai Song and a second person who viewed the video but was not authorized to speak on the record: from the stairwell outside of the room where Song fell, from inside the room, and from outside the building on 40th Road. In the stairwell video, Yang Song is seen walking up the stairs with a man identified in the meeting as an undercover police officer, according to those present. In the room footage, the man is seen entering the bathroom before leaving the apartment. In the external video, a body falls through the frame, which captures neither the balcony nor the sidewalk below.

“New Evidence in the Death of a Queens Massage Worker” by Emma Whitford and Melissa Gira Grant for The Appeal

(photo by Scott Heins)