Suspect Accused of Stabbing Sister to Death in Bathtub: NYPD

Police received a 911 call about an unconscious woman Saturday evening and found Meilin Liu in the bathtub of the Lower East Side apartment

Police have arrested a 55-year-old man believed to have stabbed his older sister to death in the bathtub of her Chinatown apartment.

Police received a 911 call about an unconscious woman Saturday evening and found Meilin Liu, 57, dead in the bathtub of her Eldridge Street apartment.

On Sunday police said they had arrested Chuen Lau, who is believed to be Liu's brother, and charged him with murder.

Information on a lawyer for Lau was not immediately available.

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