Josephine Lin, 65, and her husband Shan Lin, 70, were discovered Tuesday night, January 28, 2003 in their Brooklyn apartment, which Josephine Lin also used as an office. She was found bound with duct tape and suffocated along with her husband in their apartment, officials said. The apartment did not appear to have been broken into or ransacked, police said. Josephine Lin is a Chinese-American activist for New York Republicans. The couple were devout Christians who emigrated from Taiwan in the 1970s.
The couple had four children. Their son discovered the bodies after Shan Lin missed a doctor's appointment, and he went to check on them. Josephine Lin, a retired insurance saleswoman, held many fund-raisers and donated tens of thousands of dollars over the years to Republicans including Gov. George Pataki. (Source: Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press, Nan. 30, 2003)