--- description: Yong Lu, 38, allegedly cut off wife's arm with a knife and tried to swim to Canada near the Niagara Falls to escape, police say. title: Fugitive Who 'Cut Off Wife's Arm' Caught Trying to Swim to Canada image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6c183257738b407/698933d522fb855107e26004/niagara-falls-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Crime](/tag/crime/) ## Crime Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Police Say He Cut Off His Pregnant Wife's Arm. He Was Caught Before He Could Swim to Canada by [Gina Martinez](/author/gina-martinez/) ## Gina Martinez Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 25, 2018 8:18 PM CUT  The Rainbow Bridge crosses from the United States (L), into Canada near the Niagara Falls on June 4, 2013 at Niagara Falls, New York. The Rainbow Bridge crosses from the United States (L), into Canada near the Niagara Falls on June 4, 2013 at Niagara Falls, New York.John Moore – Getty Images by [Gina Martinez](/author/gina-martinez/) ## Gina Martinez Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 25, 2018 8:18 PM CUT A New York City man wanted for allegedly cutting off his pregnant wife’s arm with a steak knife planned to escape by swimming to Canada near the Niagara Falls, according to police. Yong Lu, 38, was caught Saturday at the Niagara Falls Welcome Center by Regional Fugitive Task Force officers who recognized him from a U.S. Marshall’s bulletin, the New York Police Department confirmed. At the time of his arrest, Lu had a lifejacket he had bought from Walmart, according to the Niagara Falls Police Department. Police said they believe that Lu was going to use this lifejacket in an attempt to swim across the Niagara River into Canada. > [](https://twitter.com/TheAction716/status/1010691584386588674) The arrest came after a two-day manhunt. Last Thursday police were called to Lu’s home in Brooklyn, where they found his pregnant wife with her right arm severed off and two fingers cut off her left hand, according to the NYPD. Police said she was taken to a nearby hospital where her arm was reattached, but her fingers were not, according to the NYPD. The baby was not harmed. > [](https://twitter.com/NYPDnews/status/1010698280509038593) Lu was transported back to Brooklyn, where police charged him with attempted murder. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5321028/brooklyn-man-swim-canada-cut-off-wifes-arm/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5321028/brooklyn-man-swim-canada-cut-off-wifes-arm/"},"headline":"Police Say He Cut Off His Pregnant Wife's Arm. He Was Caught Before He Could Swim to Canada","datePublished":"2018-06-25T20:18:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:40:23.328Z","description":"Yong Lu had a lifejacket with him when he was arrested","url":"https://time.com/5321028/brooklyn-man-swim-canada-cut-off-wifes-arm/","keywords":["Crime","New York","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6c183257738b407/698933d522fb855107e26004/niagara-falls-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Gina Martinez","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/gina-martinez/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6c183257738b407/698933d522fb855107e26004/niagara-falls-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S.-Canada Border Along the Niagara River","caption":"U.S.-Canada Border Along the Niagara River","creditText":"John Moore – Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/crime/","name":"Crime"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5321028/brooklyn-man-swim-canada-cut-off-wifes-arm/","name":"Police Say He Cut Off His Pregnant Wife's Arm. He Was Caught Before He Could Swim to Canada"}}]}] ```