Blog Points to Murder Suspect
Simon Ng, a freshman at Queens College in New York, wrote this post May 12 just after 5 p.m.
Anyway today has been weird, at 3 some guy ringed the bell. I went down and recognized it was my sister's former boyfriend. He told me he wants to get his fishing poles back. I told him to wait downstair while I get them for him. While I was searching them, he is already in the house. He is still here right now, smoking, walking all around the house with his shoes on which btw I just washed the floor 2 days ago! Hopefully he will leave soon...
Since then, 255 people have left comments on his blog, sent from as far away as Hong Kong and Germany. Most bear sentiments like Rest In Peace. Nearly five hours later that night, Ng and his older sister were found fatally stabbed. The sister's boyfriend, Jin Lin, 23, has been charged with murder -- after police read Simon Ng's online journal.
The comments people wrote after reading of his death are, for the most part, wrenching attempts to reach out. Daypop says Ng's entry is the third most-linked page in the blogosphere today.
That is so wild, and those poor people ... Somewhere, the writers at "Law & Order" are taking notes for an upcoming "ripped from the headlines" episode.