10.12.07
UPDATE: Murder in NYC’s Chinatown
Michael Chin Lenehan
**UPDATED 10/17** Fallout Central has learned that Michael Chin Lenehan’s father is Irish and his mother Chinese.
More disturbing details have emerged from the Tuesday arrest of Michael Chin Lenehan, the 29-year-old Chinese American man who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and slept beside her corpse for several days before surrendering to police. The victim has been identified as Lorna Santiago, 38, who had been dating Lenahan for just a week.
On Saturday night, Lenahan had taken Santiago to a strip club in midtown Manhattan and spent $50 buying her lap dances, according to investigators. Later, they returned to his apartment in Chinatown, which he shares with his ailing grandmother. However, the next day, Lenehan and got into a violent argument. When Lenehan demanded his $50 back, Santiago kicked him in the groin. Furious, Lenehan grabbed Santiago and strangled her.
For two nights, authorities claim Lenehan slept beside Santiago’s body after scrawling an apology on the wall. On Tuesday, Lenehan called his brother and told him what he’d done and his brother alerted their mother who went to Lenehan’s apartment and made the grisly discovery.
Lenehan is being charged with second degree murder and held without bail.
Read our previous report on this case here.
Friend said,
October 16, 2007 at 3:27 pm
Lorna is from Puerto Rico, and Thursday would have been her 25th birthday
tacowrapper said,
October 17, 2007 at 12:59 am
“Lenehan” is Chinese?
boblee said,
October 18, 2007 at 4:39 pm
why does the media keep saying she’s 38? and friends say 25? Is it the same Lorna?
Very sad.
michelle hoyos said,
October 23, 2007 at 6:05 am
Hi Lorna was my neighboor and friend from Puerto Rico. She was 24 when she was murdered not 38, and her birthday was the same day she was burried.
TigerClaw_115 said,
November 2, 2007 at 6:12 am
“Lenehan” might be a mispelling off his real name on his birth certificate. Sinse these stupid ass government clerks dont know how to write in Cantonese Yale/Lau or Mandarin PinYin. They can’t even spell correctly in English to begin with. I see that all the time.
Unless he’s adopted, or his father or grandfather was white, of course.
Well, my heart goes out to him. He could very well possibly make it and start a new life after this, nothing’s impossible for an Asian American man and a dream…..
I did….
TigerClaw_115 said,
November 2, 2007 at 6:15 am
Aw shit. Should have looked at the update. He’s a hapa.
DK said,
November 10, 2007 at 8:50 pm
OMG, I went to college with Mike and I’m so shocked by this. However, I never got to see him mad or with his temper altered, so I really don’t know what he could do. He was a nice kid and I remember him having problems with his legs…he walked a little weird. He had trouble finding girlfriends.
person said,
November 15, 2007 at 2:18 am
Well, he SHOULD have trouble finding girlfriends if he’s just going to kill them. What a psycho. He’ll have even more trouble finding girlfriends after this, but on the bright side, they’ll be many guys in prison who will be just delighted to have him for their girlfriend.