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A New York City school aide accused of killing Brooklyn jogger Katie Suarez has been arraigned and ordered held without bail. The Brooklyn District Attorney’s account of the case was described in a Sunday court report.
Sayed Mohassib, 27, faces charges of second-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the October 30 attack on the Shore Parkway Greenway in Bath Beach. The charges are allegations, and he has not been convicted.
Court documents described in the Sunday report allege that Mohassib told investigators he went to the bike path carrying a knife because he believed people were going to kill his family. That account is an allegation in the court papers, not an established explanation of the attack.
The criminal complaint also alleges that he told detectives he disposed of the knife and bloody clothing and tried to clean blood from inside his apartment.
Prosecutors allege surveillance footage showed Mohassib walking toward the running path before the attack and running away afterward. Court documents also describe video allegedly showing him returning home and later discarding items in a garbage chute.
Suarez went for a run and did not return home, according to the court records described in the report. She was found severely injured and taken to a hospital, where she died. The medical examiner determined the cause of death was a stab wound to the neck.
Investigators also alleged they found a stain inside Mohassib’s apartment that tested presumptively positive for blood. A presumptive test is the preliminary finding described in the complaint; it is not a finding of guilt.
Mohassib was employed as a school aide with the city’s Department of Education at the time of his arrest, according to the report. He remains in custody pending further court proceedings.
JBizNews Desk | Brooklyn
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