A naked woman was found stabbed to death inside a Queens massage parlor that neighbors say everyone knew was a brothod — and city officials did nothing to shut it down.
This is what progressive non-enforcement looks like. A woman is dead in an establishment that operated in plain sight, with no sign, blacked-out windows, and men filtering in and out from 11 a.m. to 5 a.m. — and the city of New York couldn't be bothered to act until there was a body on the floor.
Police responded to a 911 call Friday around 4:30 p.m. reporting an unconscious victim with "heavy bleeding" inside the parlor on 164th Street near Crocheron Avenue in Flushing's Koreatown. They found the unidentified woman with multiple stab wounds to her head and body. She was pronounced dead at the scene. No arrests have been made.
Investigators are searching for a heavyset man, approximately 6-foot-2, who burst out of the establishment carrying a garbage bag, sources told the New York Post. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie, blue jeans and yellow construction boots.
The motive remains unknown. But the nature of the business is not.
Jessica Kang, owner of Skin Sarang, the legitimate spa that previously operated at that location, told the Post she moved out a year ago. "The new people didn't bother getting a new sign up so they just pulled off half of my logo," Kang wrote in an email. "They turned into a shady massage parlor. Offering happy endings."
A next-door neighbor was more blunt: "That's an illegal massage place. One hundred percent." He described three or four women working inside, with male customers cycling through from late morning to the early hours. "It's always closed. But when you pass by, you see a light is on. That's what the illegal sex place looks like. Men coming out. No sign. Nothing. Always closed. One hundred percent."
Here is the detail that should enrage every New Yorker: Independent reporter Mario Nawfal reported on X that a complaint was filed with the city's Department of Buildings just one day before the killing, alleging the establishment was operating as an adult business in violation of zoning regulations. The city knew. Or at least, the city had been told. And a woman is now dead.
Breitbart noted that massage parlors in large cities are frequently staffed by Asian immigrants, many sex-trafficked into the United States — a reality progressive district attorneys and city councils prefer to ignore in the name of tolerance. The NYPD has not disclosed the victim's ethnicity or whether she worked at the parlor.
A terrified neighbor who lives across the street put it simply: "I have a 26-year-old daughter. That's scary."
The NYPD is awaiting medical examiner results. The suspect remains at large. And the officials who looked the other way while a brothel operated under their noses in a quiet residential neighborhood have yet to answer for it.
The question isn't just who killed this woman. It's who let the place stay open long enough for it to happen.
