A Queens dad beset by financial problems called his daughter yesterday morning, left the message “I love you,” then murdered his wife, set their apartment on fire and killed himself, police said.
The bodies of Yong Ho Kim, 52, and wife Sun He Kim were found burned beyond recognition in their apartment on 223rd Place in Oakland Gardens.
“He called her twice,” said Harol Coronado, 21, the boyfriend of the couple’s daughter Jieun, 20, a Queens College student who had spent the night at a friend’s home.
“The last call was at 5 a.m. He left a voice mail saying, ‘I love you, I love you, I love you.’ ”
Coronado said the Kims, who ran a nail salon in Long Beach, LI, were struggling for cash.
“They said they were having financial problems for a while,” he said.
“I’ve been worried about something like this happening for a while. [Jieun] is destroyed.”
Coronado said debt collectors had been harassing the couple.