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Son Charged with Murdering Mother Using Electric Skateboard
1/9/2026
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- Wei Hou, 41, faces charges of murdering his mother Zhu Hou in their Lower East Side apartment.
- Prosecutors allege he beat her to death with an electric skateboard.
- Zhu Hou's older son found her body on December 19, 2025.
- Hou moved in with his mother two months earlier and reportedly stole money for drugs.
- Hou fled to Albany and was arrested by U.S. Marshals on December 24, 2025.
