Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Homeless Antoinette Pelzer Stabs 2 Canadians in Atlantic City

Homeless Antoinette Pelzer Stabs 2 Canadians in Atlantic City


May 21, 2012 Canadians Alice Mei See Leung, 47, and her 80-year-old mother, Po Lin Wan, Chinese Canadian tourists from Scarborough, Ontario were stabbed in a botched robbery attempt by African American woman Antoinette Pelzer in front of a casino at Atlantic City, N.J. Pelzer was homeless, and had traveled there from Philadelphia. She was immediately spotted by an officer who arrested her, and she pled guilty on August 31, 2013. she was said to suffer from schizophrenia

Topics

  • daylight (no attempt to flee or hide)
  • elderly attack
  • random and unprovoked attack
  • robbery: apparent botched robbery for cigarette money (cover story?)


.Sources

http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/08/31/us_woman_pleads_guilty_to_fatally_stabbing_two_scarborough_women.html
  • aug 30, 2013 U.S. woman pleads guilty to fatally stabbing two Scarborough women

  • Po Lin Wan, 80, and Alice Mei See Leung, 47, died from multiple stab wounds
  • pleaded guilty to two counts of murder
  • mother and daughter from Scarborough were fatally stabbed in Atlantic City during a robbery last year.
  • stabbed with a 30-centimetre butcher knife
  • confrontation outside Bally’s casino around 10 a.m. on May 21, 2012. 
  • Wan bled to death and Leung died of a stab wound to the heart, according to autopsy results.
  • Leung played the Chinese yangqin (hammered dulcimer) and was one of a handful of players in the Toronto Chinese Orchestra. Anna Guo, a renowned performer of the yangqin who taught Leung for about 15 years, said she “lived a very simple life.
  •  Antoinette Pelzer, 45  had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Her aunt, Nadine King, told The Associated Press she has been homeless since January.


    • www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/05/24/atlantic-city...
      A Toronto area woman who, along with her mother, was stabbed to death outside anAtlantic City casino on Monday was a member of the city's Chinese orchestra, CBC 
      who was stabbed to death along with her mother in front of an Atlantic City, N.J., casino on Monday was a member of the city’s Chinese orchestra.
      Alice Mei See Leung, 47, and her mother Po Lin Wan, 80, were fatally stabbed in broad daylight on the sidewalk outside Bally’s casino. The stabbing happened in the heart of the downtown tourist area of Atlantic City and steps from a hospital.
      Leung was stabbed multiple times in the upper body. Wan tried to come to the aid of her daughter and was also killed.
      Alice Leung, 47, was a member of the city's Chinese orchestra. She and her mother were stabbed to death on Monday in broad daylight outside a casino in Atlantic City, N.J.Alice Leung, 47, was a member of the city's Chinese orchestra. She and her mother were stabbed to death on Monday in broad daylight outside a casino in Atlantic City, N.J.((Submitted))
      Local police say the stabbing was a failed robbery attempt. Anette Pelzer, 44, of Philadelphia, has been charged with two counts of murder, possession of a weapon and robbery in their deaths.
      CBC News has learned that Leung played the yangqin, an instrument similar to a dulcimer, in Toronto's Chinese orchestra.
      Orchestra president Frederick Yiu said Leung joined the orchestra about 10 years ago and was a diligent student of music.


    www.huffingtonpost.ca/tag/antoinette-pelzer
    Antoinette Pelzer. Page: 1. ... Tilda Swinton TIFF Red Carpet Looks Of The Past (PHOTOS) Toronto Film Festival 'World Of Warcraft' To Film In Vancouver. Vancouver.
  • www.thespec.com/news-story/2244663-atlantic-city-knife-attack...
    Eye on the Area Photo Submissions; Education; Newspaper in Education; ... AntoinettePelzer, 44, has been charged with two counts of murder, the prosecutor’s office ...
  • www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/05/22/antoinette-pelzer-canadian...
    Antoinette Pelzer, Woman Accused Of Killing Two Canadian Tourists, Suffered From Schizophrenia: Family
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/08/31/Homeless-woman-admits-fatally-stabbing-2-Canadian-women/UPI-22701377994606/?rel=2041378317263
Pelzer's public defender had said in January her client had been diagnosed with schizophrenia in the past.
Aug. 31, 2013 at 8:16 PM  Antoinette Pelzer, changed her plea to guilty to murder Friday at what was to have been just a status hearing, The Press of Atlantic City reported.


ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A homeless woman has pleaded guilty in the 2012 stabbing deaths of two Canadian Canadian tourists in Atlantic City, N.J.
Antoinette Pelzer, 45, who had been living in Philadelphia before winding up in Atlantic City, changed her plea to guilty to murder Friday at what was to have been just a status hearing, The Press of Atlantic City reported.
Pelzer admitted stabbing Alice Mei See Leung, 47, and her 80-year-old mother, Po Lin Wan, both of Scarborough, Ontario, with a butcher knife the morning of May 21, 2012 while attempting to rob them. ..Police officer Jacob Abbruscato spotted Pelzer ..and arrested her.
The newspaper said


Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/08/31/Homeless-woman-admits-fatally-stabbing-2-Canadian-women/UPI-22701377994606/#ixzz2dxgqZlnp


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