Prosecutor: Jieming Liu Likely Ate Wife's Flesh After He Killed Her

[Whisper]

Jieming Liu at his arraignment in Westboro District Court today. Behind him is a Mandarin interpreter, and at right is his lawyer, Michael Hussey.

WESTBORO — The Shrewsbury husband accused of killing his wife apparently ate some of the woman's flesh in the hours before she was discovered dead yesterday afternoon, a prosecutor said in court this morning. Some of the woman's fingers were detached from her hands, the prosecutor said.

Jieming Liu, 79, is accused of killing his wife, Yuee Zhou, 73, at the couple's apartment at 32F Shrewsbury Green Drive. Mr. Liu is charged with her murder.

Mr. Liu, appearing disoriented and wearing a white jumpsuit and no shoes, was arraigned in Westboro District Court this morning. He was ordered to undergo mental health evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital.

During the brief court arraignment, Assistant District Attorney Michael D. McHugh outlined the grisly scene encountered by police yesterday, after authorities were summoned to the apartment by the couple's son. The father, his mouth, hands and face covered with blood, was sitting in a rocking chair, the prosecutor said.

Mr. Liu was represented at the arraignment by Michael Hussey.

The couple's son, who was at the courthouse but not in the courtroom for the arraignment, told authorities that his parents arrived in Shrewsbury from China in November. The son said his mother had voiced concern about the father's health. The son said the father may have had Alzheimer's disease. The son said he made regular checks on his parents.

Police reported no previous problems at the apartment.

Last night, District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. said Mrs. Zhou was found on the floor of a bedroom. The area around her body was soaked in blood and the flesh was "stripped" from her left forearm.

Mr. Early said the son had gone to the condominium near White City to check on his parents earlier in the day.

Mr. Early described the scene as particularly gruesome.

Boston police were called in to help translate last night, since the family spoke Mandarin, Mr. Early said. He said Mr. Liu claimed self-defense, and the interview was ended at that point.
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[Whisper]

Hes got alzheimers and I work with only alzheimers(39 of them) and my moms got it and none of them have tried to eat me
Im wondering if hes in 3rd stage and maybe thought he was hunting back in his village>??

[TheMeaningOfItAll]

He's got those crazy eyes we see so often on here. Poor wife.

[blacksheep]

He gnawed her arm? Like, didn't cook it or anything? Then claimed self defence?

[Dakota Valkyrie]

An elderly Shrewsbury man charged with killing his wife and eating part of her severed arm died Saturday at a public hospital specializing in mental illness, a representative of the Worcester County sheriff’s office said.

Jieming Liu, 79, died of natural causes in a secure section of Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Jamaica Plain, Boston, said Jason Rives, a spokesman for Sheriff Lewis Evangelidis. While Shattuck has its own security, the sheriff’s office had decided to post its own guard there around the clock as an extra precaution.

Additional information about Liu’s health was not immediately available, but the Chinese immigrant had been transferred from Bridgewater State Hospital after staff there determined that Liu’s medical needs were beyond their capacity, Rives said.

“When an inmate goes to Shattuck, there are typically some serious medical problems,” Rives said. A supervisor at Shattuck declined comment.

During Liu’s arraignment last month in Westborough District Court, he appeared confused, and his son told investigators he suspected the older man was suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.
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Mr. Liu “had a lot of health issues,” County Chief Deputy Sheriff David H. Tuttle said.
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Mr. Liu was arraigned April 6 and was ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital. Mr. Liu refused treatment there and was transferred to Shattuck, Mr. Tuttle said.

At his arraignment, Mr. Liu was barefoot and appeared dazed, confused and frail.

The police report listed him as 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 75 pounds. He moaned throughout the proceedings and periodically slumped over, and he had to be helped up the stairs from the lockup area into the courtroom.

The couple had moved to Shrewsbury from China in November, according to Mr. Liu’s lawyer, Michael S. Hussey. Mr. Liu had not recognized his son since arriving in this country.
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[Abroad]

The couple had moved to Shrewsbury from China in November, according to Mr. Liu’s lawyer, Michael S. Hussey. Mr. Liu had not recognized his son since arriving in this country.

Sounds like they should have left him in China. I am sure moving him to a strange country did nothing for his sense of where he was or to diminish the confusion he would have been feeling.

Such a pity his wife paid the price for his son trying to do what he thought was the right thing.