又一同胞的悲劇：轉自今天的HoustonChronicle

這是今天下午的事，在HOUSTON郊區。 悲哀！唉！

A Pearland man fatally stabbed his wife Monday then waited outside for police to arrive at the home he shared with her and their son, authorities said.

Donghai Yu, 43, called Pearland police shortly before 4:30 p.m., saying that he 「thought」 that he killed his wife, said Lt. Onesimo Lopez, with the Pearland Police Department.

Pearland police found Yu sitting on the front lawn of the family's two-story brick home in the 12300 block of Winding Shores.

Yu was kept in the yard while Pearland police officers searched through the house. They found his wife lying on the kitchen floor, police said.

「She was covered in blood (and) had multiple stab wounds over her upper body,」 Lopez said.

It appeared that Yu's wife, identified in Brazoria County tax records as Feng Ling, had been stabbed at least 15-20 times, Lopez said.

Investigators later found a knife, believed to have been the murder weapon, inside the home.

Paramedics checked the woman at the house then called for a Life Flight helicopter. She was pronounced dead on arrival at Memorial Hermann Hospital, police said.

Police said they don't know what motivated the man to allegedly kill his wife.

「It's unclear. It's still under investigation,」 Lopez said.

Lopez said Pearland police have no record of being called to the family's home.

Yu was taken into custody for questioning. He has been charged with aggravated assault, but Lopez said the charge will likely be upgraded to murder.

The couple have a 12-year-old son who was picked up at school by Pearland police. 「We were unable to locate any family members,」 Lopez said.

Yu and his family had lived in the neighborhood for about three years.

「They were very good people. They seemed very family-oriented,」 said a stunned Jorge Rubalcaba, who lives next door.

Yu was a chemist who worked in the petrochemical industry, Rubalcaba said, while his wife had been an accountant.

He described his neighbor as quiet but not reclusive. Rubalcaba said Yu recently asked to exchange e-mail addresses so they could keep each other appraised about crime in the neighborhood.

「He also asked me for lawn advice — how to keep the grass green,」 Rubalcaba said.

Neighbors initially thought an intruder might have been responsible for the woman's death.

「It's just a shock,」 Rubalcaba said.

mike.glenn@chron.com