MELINDA KATZ DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Press Release
QUEENS WOMAN SENTENCED TO 27 YEARS IN PRISON FOR MANSLAUGHTER AND BURGLARY
October 16, 2024

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Haiyan Deng was sentenced to 27 years in prison for killing a man in her Flushing apartment and a related burglary in September 2021. First responders found 26-year-old Justin Li in the defendant’s bed, dead from a single gunshot wound to the head. The fatality followed an incident at the victim’s Bayside home days earlier that led to a separate charge of burglary.

District Attorney Katz said: “The defendant took the life of a young father and then fled in the victim’s car, hoping to escape. Thanks to the work of our law enforcement partners, the defendant was apprehended and extradited to New York where she pleaded guilty to her crimes. Nothing can reverse the defendant’s actions, but hopefully today’s sentence will provide some comfort to the victim’s loved ones.”

Deng, 34, of 39th Avenue in Flushing, pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter in the first degree and burglary in the second degree.

Supreme Court Justice Ushir Pandit-Durant sentenced Deng today to a total of 27 years in prison — 22 years for the manslaughter charge and five years for the burglary charge to be served consecutively.

According to the charges and investigation, On September 11, 2021, at approximately 7:40 p.m., Deng unlawfully entered Li’s Bayside residence and confronted his wife. Deng received a trespass summons and was subsequently charged with burglary in the first degree.

On September 19, 2021, at approximately 9 p.m., first responders conducted a wellness check at Deng’s residence in Flushing after the victim’s wife reported that he did not come home.

Upon arriving at the location, first responders found the victim unresponsive in Deng’s bed. He was bleeding from an apparent single gunshot to the head. No one else was in the residence.

No shell casings were found but a fired bullet was recovered from the mattress on the bed.

On September 18, 2021, at approximately 5:40 a.m., video footage showed Deng and Li arrive at her residence in his car and enter the building.

Deng left the building alone at approximately 7:50 a.m. carrying multiple bags. She entered Li’s car and drove off.

Deng was apprehended in New Mexico on September 22, 2021, after the car she was driving broke down on the side of a road. A search of the disabled vehicle conducted by New Mexico State Police yielded personal property belonging to the victim and a loaded revolver that was a ballistic match to the bullet recovered from the defendant’s bedroom.

Deng was extradited to New York to face charges

Assistant District Attorney Jonathan Selkowe, Unit Chief of the District Attorney’s Vehicular Homicide Unit, under the Homicide Bureau, prosecuted the case with assistance from Assistant District Attorney Tara Hayes of the District Attorney’s Felony Trials Bureau III and Intelligence Analyst Hong Man Lam of the District Attorney’s Crime Strategies and Intelligence Bureau, under the supervision of Assistant District Attorneys John Kosinski, Homicide Bureau Chief, Karen Ross, Deputy Bureau Chief, and under the overall supervision of Executive Assistant District Attorney for Major Crimes Shawn Clark.

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枪杀情夫后逃跑 邓海燕获刑27年

三年前在纽约法拉盛公寓内枪杀情夫的华人女子邓海燕（Haiyan Deng），10月16日在王后区高等法院被一审判决27年监禁。

34岁的邓海燕9月18日在王后区高等法院对“一级过失杀人罪”及“二级入室盗罪”认罪。昨天（10月16日），法官Ushir Pandit-Duran宣布，对邓海燕“一级过失杀人罪”判处其22年监禁，对其“入室盗窃罪”判处5年监禁，两项罪名分开连续服刑，邓海燕总共获刑27年。

在10月16日法官宣判前，受害人贾斯汀的母亲、姑姑和遗孀，对被告残忍杀人、摧毁了受害人的家庭给予强烈谴责。

贾斯汀的母亲说：“就算你被处死一千次，也无法消除我对你的仇恨”；贾斯汀的姑姑质问邓海燕为何如此残忍，并指出贾斯汀与她关系很好，并给了她钱，为什么在已经收到钱后杀死他，贾斯汀有两个孩子，这对孩子带来什么影响，即使三年过去了，家人仍然不明白谋杀的原因。贾斯汀的妻子说，她本不想发言，失去丈夫她非常悲痛、悲伤，她要面对这一切和扶养孩子，她实在难以理解被告的行为，她质问：“作为一个母亲，我不明白你的行为，因为你也是一个母亲⋯⋯你的理由是什么？！”

根据起诉书和调查，2021年9月11日晚上7点40分左右，邓海燕非法进入其26岁情夫贾斯汀·李（Justin Li）位于贝赛的住所，与其妻子对峙，邓海燕为此收到了“非法侵入”的传票，并随后被指控犯有“一级入室盗窃罪”。

但与邓海燕见面后，贾斯汀·李好几天没有回家，而且她的妻子打不通他的电话，2021年9月19日晚上9点，贾斯丁·李的妻子报警，警方到了邓海燕位于法拉盛39大道的住所敲门。

进屋后，警方赫然发现卧室的床上躺着一具尸体，鲜血还没有干，此人正是贾斯丁·李。经过法医鉴定，贾斯汀在24小时前已经去世，他的头部中弹，身上有多处钝器导致的伤口。急救人员当场宣布李已死亡。

当天的视频监控显示，9月18日，贾斯汀·李与邓海燕一起乘车抵达现场，约早上5点40分，两人一起走进公寓楼。约两小时后，邓海燕独自带着多个包裹离开，并驾驶贾斯汀·李的车逃离现场。

9月22日，邓海燕在新墨西哥州被捕。当时她的车辆因轮胎爆裂停在路边。录像显示，女警发现邓海燕的车辆停靠路边已近一小时，上前询问是否需要帮助。邓海燕的英文不流利，称正在等待朋友。当女警通过对讲机查询车辆的宾州车牌时，得知邓海燕是纽约谋杀案嫌疑人。女警设法拖延，等待增援。邓海燕表现出焦虑，试图返回车内，最终在女警与一名路人的协助下被制服。

邓其时已有两个月身孕，她被引渡到纽约接受审判。

王后区地区检察官凯兹（Melinda Katz）在该案宣判后表示：“希望今天的判决能为受害者的亲人带来些许安慰。”