New facts have emerged about the dreadful Dec. 19, 2025, murder of 76-year-old Zhu Hou in her Knickberbocker Village apartment on the deep Lower East Side. As feared, the slaying was matricide, and her suspected killer was her son, 41-year-old Wei Hou.
Initial reports suggested the murder weapon was a skateboard, but this remains unconfirmed.
Cops tracked Wei Hou to the Castle Inn motel in Schodack, New York, in Rensellear County, where he was arrested on Friday Dec. 26…