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   A Little Canada man was charged Monday with strangling a woman who   
   was working as a prostitute in an Eagan hotel room this month,   
   prosecutors say.   
      
   Philip Jedidiah Wong, 25, admitted to police he paid the woman for   
   sex Oct. 12 but said he didn’t learn she was dead until someone from   
   her “organization” called and told him, according to the criminal   
   complaint charging him with second-degree murder and first-degree   
   manslaughter.   
      
   Wong said he did not believe she was dead and thought it was a scam   
   and they were trying to get more money from him, the complaint says.   
   However, Wong’s roommate told investigators he said he “choked her   
   out” after she tried to blackmail him.   
      
   According to Eagan police and the complaint:   
      
   The woman, identified as 53-year-old Jianqin Zhang, was discovered   
   dead Oct. 12 by a housekeeper and Zhang’s friend at Microtel Inn &   
   Suites, east of Interstate 35E and west of Lexington Avenue.   
      
   The Hennepin County medical examiner’s office found hemorrhaging on   
   Zhang’s neck, along with petechiae — small spots caused by burst   
   blood vessels — on her eyes, mouth, lips and scalp. A toxicology   
   report did not detect the presence of controlled substances.   
      
   A friend told police that Zhang was a sex worker and that she   
   checked on her because the “organization” had not heard from her for   
   a while after meeting with a client. The friend gave police a phone   
   number of the client, later identified as Wong.   
      
   Video surveillance from the hotel shows Wong entering the hotel   
   around 2:54 p.m. wearing an Atlanta Falcons hat, and leaving the   
   hotel about an hour later.   
      
   Zhang was the only registered guest of the room, which she had   
   reserved from Sept. 30 to Oct. 14. After a search warrant was   
   executed on the room, police found several cellphones, used and   
   unused condoms, a locked wallet, a SIM card taped to a white card,   
   bloody sheets, pill bottles, food, clothing and an Atlanta Falcons   
   hat.   
      
   One of the phones belonged to Zhang, and an examination showed a   
   message was sent to the “organization” at 3:39 p.m. in Mandarin.   
   When translated in English, the message said, “walk.” She stopped   
   answering her phone around 3:45 p.m.   
      
   Police searched Wong’s apartment and found clothing that appeared to   
   match those he was seen wearing on video surveillance. His cell   
   phone was also seized.   
      
   Wong gave police a statement, saying he responded to an online ad   
   for a massage and cuddle. He said he met Zhang in her room, paying   
   her $200 for a massage, then another $50 for sex. He said he took a   
   shower before leaving. He realized on his way home that he forgot   
   his hat, but did not go back for it.   
      
   In her interview with police, Wong’s roommate said he told her Zhang   
   said she had a hidden camera in the room and wanted more money from   
   him. “In response, (Wong) ‘choked her out,’ but he believed she was   
   still breathing,” the complaint states. “(Wong) then searched the   
   room for the hidden camera, and left when (the victim’s) phone   
   rang.”   
      
   Wong also wrote his roommate two notes. In the first one, he asked   
   her to forgive him and said he doesn’t know what the “future holds   
   for him or how long the trial will be,” the complaint says. “In the   
   second note Wong asked (his roommate) to meet him one last time, or   
   to at least call him.”   
      
   On Thursday, in a follow-up interview with police, Wong said he   
   didn’t have anything to add from his earlier statement. He was   
   arrested and booked into the Dakota County jail.   
      
   Police learned Wong had met with several family members at his   
   parents’ home eight days after the murder. A family member told an   
   investigator Friday that Wong said he probably would be arrested   
   soon and he was not sure if it would be voluntary or involuntary   
   manslaughter. “(Wong) told his family members he was with someone   
   and there was an altercation; however, when he left she was alive,”   
   the complaint says.   
      
   Wong made an initial appearance on the charges Monday. He remained   
   jailed Monday in lieu of $750,000 bail ahead of his next court   
   hearing scheduled for Nov. 9.   
      
   His attorney, when reached by phone Monday, declined to comment on   
   the case.   
      
   Minnesota court records show only two petty misdemeanor driving   
   offenses against Wong.   
      
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