Quincy Mom Charged With Son’s CO Death

January 14, 2011 4:40 PM

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QUINCY (CBS) – A Quincy woman lit a charcoal grill indoors, then blocked the only escape route, in an attempt to kill herself and her son, investigators said Friday.

Li Rong Zhang survived; her 8-year-old son did not.

WBZ’s Jim Smith reports.

Brandon Yang and his mother were both found unconscious Thursday afternoon in a second floor bedroom of their apartment. Prosecutors said that a charcoal hibachi was burning in the room. The door to the room was blocked with a large dresser.

Zhang was charged with first degree murder in third grader’s death.

WBZ-TV’s Peg Rusconi reports.

Thomas Hood

OK there is exactly ZERO news content in this story. Maybe you should wait until you have more than a title before publishing it…
Dave Dextradeur

Why is it that when a tragedy like this happens that the police and DA need to stick their noses into it? I can see the reasoning when criminal activity is possibly involved but this was clearly an accident! It could be that the family’s gas or electricity had been shut off and the family was trying to cook and keep warm at the same time. Yes, it was an act of stupidity to light a hibachi in a closed building and there needs to be a little compassion shown here on the part of the police and DA! My only question is “since when was stupidity a criminal offense?”

bstnh1

Jumped to conclusions, didn’t you? This was indeed a criminal case. Stop jumping to conclusions before you have all the facts.

Scynic

Why does EVERYTHING that happens result in CRIMINAL CHARGES? Where is the STIPIDITY here?.. With those that bring the CRIMINAL CHARGES.

drmm0207

stipidity. is not spelt that way also criminal is also not spelt that way ..get a dictionary

JAK

Actually… criminal IS spelled correctly and you don’t need that additional “also”. Learn some grammar.

Cynic

Actually it is good that I put the S in front of my name in error..Now no one will know it was me that was jumping to conclusions.

Ms. L.

This was not an accident. It sounds more like a suicide attempt. Charcoal grills are used in several Asian countries to commit suicide.
Boston Police

Did anyone stop to think that this may be a murder-suicide.

bstnh1

Same thought I had when I first heard this story. Most mothormouths on here jumped to conclusions like no heat, no money, blah, blah, blah. People need to stop jumping to conclusions before they have the facts. All they do is embarrass themselves and make themselves look foolish.

Amanda

According to wiki, hibachi grills used to be used for heating…

CharlieChan

Ah- So but what dresser in front of door used for?

Judy

criminal is spelled correctly, but what isnt correct is the word Spelt, it should be spelled, that would be the correct way of saying this, please dont correct others if you have a problem with spelling yourself
Boston Police

I told all of you that it was a murder-suicide.

drmm0207, your spelling and grammar is pathetic!
Wizard

Spelling is just a tool to annoy people with…
Tom

We need a ban on Charcoal grills. Maybe a background check or a limit on the number of pieces of Charcoal that that grill could hold would have stopped this tragedy. Or might I suggest the AG set strict guidelines for the grill manufacturers to follow.
Anthony Joseph-Zero

brendon was my freind and im mad at his mom to kill him:(
Cynic

Seems like a scene from the Joy Luck Club.
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/04/05/quincy-mother-pleads-not-guilty-to-sons-murder/ Quincy Mother Pleads Not Guilty To Son’s Murder « CBS Boston

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