Hong Kong’s Most Chilling Murder: The Abby Choi Story

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🔍 Hey there, I'm Mr. Crime! I share chilling crime stories from mysterious disappearances to real-life horror that’ll keep you up at night. 🕵️‍♂️💀 If you're into true crime, dark mysteries, and eerie tales, you're in the right place.  ehind the glitz and glamour was a deadly secret — one that would lead to one of the most disturbing and heartbreaking crimes in modern history.  In February 2023, Abby vanished without a trace… and days later, police uncovered something unthinkable: her dismembered remains inside a rented house, hidden in a refrigerator and cooking pot. But what shocked the world even more was who was behind the murder — her own former in-laws.  In this emotionally charged true crime story, we explore the chilling betrayal, the obsession with wealth, and the horrifying plot that stunned one of the safest cities in the world.  ⚠️ Viewer discretion is advised. This story contains disturbing details related to violence and murder.  🔔 Subscribe for more real-life crime stories and shocking Reddit true crime threads that will leave you speechless.  🕵️‍♀️ What do YOU think: Was this only about money  or was there something even darker behind Abby’s murder? Let us know in the comments.  00:00 - She Disappeared Without a Trace 01:03 - If You’ve Ever Been Betrayed, This Story’s for You 01:22 - The Glamorous Life of Abby Choi 03:10 - The Day Everything Went Wrong 04:35 - Inside the House of Horror 06:18 - A Murder Planned by Family 08:04 - The Speedboat Escape Attempt 09:35 - Seven Arrests, One Chilling Plot 11:00 - Courtroom Tensions and Public Outrage 12:38 - Justice, Betrayal, and the World Watching 13:44 - Final Thoughts and What We Still Don’t Know 14:14 - What Would YOU Do? (Outro Call to Action)  #TrueCrime #AbbyChoi #HongKongMurder #RedditCrime #CrimeDocumentary #JusticeForAbby #AbbyChoiCase #TrueCrimeCommunity #ShockingCrimes #betrayalstory   Artist: : FoePound Music I use: Bensound.com License code: 5BS4ZDZQXYXKDMQR

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00:00ever been stabbed in the back by someone you trusted if you've ever dreamed of justice for

00:05someone taken too soon then this story is going to hit hard hit that like button subscribe and

00:12prepare yourself for one of the most horrifying betrayals in modern true crime abby choy had

00:18everything on paper at just 28 years old she was a rising star in hong kong's elite fashion scene

00:25over 100 000 instagram followers watched her jet set between glamorous photo shoots and

00:32haute couture runways her final post taken at a shoot for la fischio monaco showed her poised

00:38elegant radiant but what social media never showed was the web of secrets and resentment spinning

00:45quietly behind the scenes she was a mother of four co-parenting two children with her ex-husband

00:52alex qualm and despite their divorce abby went out of her way to keep things civil she was the

00:58kind of woman who gave even when it wasn't deserved she didn't just forgive alex for their failed

01:04marriage she supported him and his entire family financially it was generosity that would ultimately

01:10lead her to her death it started with something small abby didn't show up to pick up her eight

01:17year old daughter from school that wasn't just unusual it was unthinkable she was never late

01:22never careless by nightfall the worry in her family's voices turned to panic something was wrong

01:29very wrong dot within 72 hours police would make a discovery so grotesque it would rattle even the

01:37most seasoned investigators in a quiet suburban village just 30 minutes from the chinese border

01:42police entered a small newly rented house in thai pose long made swanot first it looked normal maybe

01:51even empty but inside the kitchen something foul lingered in the air a smell sickly sweet like

01:59rotting flesh and boiled meat they opened the refrigerator and froze inside were two human legs

02:06carefully wrapped and stored like leftovers nearby a large stainless steel soup pot was still

02:12warm inside a skull some ribs and strands of hair floating in a broth with carrots and radishes

02:19they weren't just hiding a body they were cooking it investigators found a meat grinder chainsaws face

02:27shields raincoats gloves the entire space had been lined with plastic sheeting like a kill room straight out

02:35of a horror film the most chilling part there was no sign of struggle this wasn't a crime of passion

02:41it was planned calculated precise so who could have done something this cold the answer was even

02:48harder to stomach abby's killers weren't strangers they were her former family her ex-husband alex kwon

02:55his older brother anthony their father kwon kow and their mother jenny lee a whole family united not by

03:02love but by greed here's the twist abby had bought a luxury apartment in one of hong kong's most expensive

03:10neighborhoods kodori hill but out of respect and to keep peace after the divorce she registered it under

03:16her ex-father-in-law single quotes his name a man who had once been a disgraced cop fired for misconduct

03:25she didn't have to do that but she did and when she later discussed selling that property her property

03:32it set off a chain reaction tens of millions of hong kong dollars were at stake and the kwon family

03:38couldn't let that go they didn't ask they didn't negotiate they decided to eliminate her once abby's

03:45remains were discovered the hunt was on the father brother and mother were arrested almost immediately

03:52but alex he tried to run on february 26th he was caught trying to flee hong kong by speedboat carrying

04:00over sixty four thousand dollars in cash and half a million dollars worth of luxury watches he didn't

04:06even look remorseful just panicked like a rat fleeing a sinking ship dot over the next week the case

04:14spiraled more people were arrested seven in total including kwon kow's mistress and two suspected

04:20accomplices who tried to help alex escape and even more grotesque details came to light police

04:27searched landfills and sewers for abby's missing torso and hands they never found them only fragments

04:34of her body were recovered the final dna confirmation came in march 2023 yes the skull belonged to abby

04:42choy remains had been scattered erased but her story refused to disappear on february 27th 2023

04:51the kwon family appeared in kowloon city magistrates court their faces were blank cold not a single tear

04:59was shed for abby alex anthony and kwon kow were charged with murder jenny lee was charged with obstructing

05:08justice and later tied to a 2015 theft involving her own son and even as the courts moved slowly

05:15toward trial hong kong was reeling this wasn't just a murder it was a message dot in one of the safest

05:22cities in the world with one of the lowest homicide rates globally this case shattered every illusion of

05:27peace it reminded everyone that evil can wear the mask of family and that sometimes the people

05:34closest to you are the most dangerous of all what haunts people most about abby's murder isn't just

05:41the goal it's the betrayal she gave them everything financed their lifestyle co-parented peacefully

05:48registered property under their name and their thanks they planned her murder they carved her up

05:55they tried to make her disappear but they failed because the public wouldn't let this case

06:00be buried people flooded her instagram with messages of grief her name trended across asia and even in

06:08death abby choy refused to be silenced now her killers await trial in the high court of hong kong

06:14and whether justice comes fast or slow the world is watching if this story gave you chills smash that like

06:23button and share your thoughts in the comments do you think the kwang family ever truly cared for abby

06:28or was it all about money from the beginning and if you're hungry for more stories where justice creeps

06:34out of the shadows subscribe now because we're just getting started

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