Grand jury indicts man charged in killing of Brooklyn jogger Katie Suarez
In announcing the indictment, Gonzalez said, "Katie Suarez was a young woman with her whole life ahead of her, brutally taken from her loved ones in a senseless act of violence. Today's indictment marks an important step toward securing justice."
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The New York City Department of Education school aide accused of fatally stabbing Brooklyn jogger Katie Suarez has been indicted by a Brooklyn grand jury on a top charge of second-degree murder, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
Sayed Mohassib, 27, was arrested in connection with the Oct. 30 attack along the Shore Parkway Greenway in Bath Beach.
Prosecutors say Suarez, 28, was out for a run when she was attacked and later found with severe neck injuries. She died two days later at a hospital.
According to court documents, Mohassib told investigators he went to the bike path carrying a knife because he believed "people were going to come and kill his family."
The criminal complaint further alleges that he told detectives he later disposed of the knife and bloody clothing and attempted to clean blood from inside his apartment.
Prosecutors have also alleged that surveillance video captured Mohassib walking toward the running path before the attack and running from the area afterward.
Court documents state that video later showed him returning to his residence and discarding items in a garbage chute.
The complaint also alleges that investigators found a stain inside Mohassib's apartment that a crime scene detective determined tested presumptively positive for blood.
In announcing the indictment Tuesday, Gonzalez said, "Katie Suarez was a young woman with her whole life ahead of her, brutally taken from her loved ones in a senseless act of violence. Today's indictment marks an important step toward securing justice."
At the time of his arrest, Mohassib was employed as a school aide at P.S. 200 in Bath Beach.
Following the arrest, the DOE said he had been suspended and that it would move to terminate his employment pending the outcome of the case.
Gonzalez said the grand jury's action moves the case one step closer to trial.
Following Suarez's death, organ procurement organization LiveOnNY said she became an organ donor, helping save multiple lives.
Mohassib is expected to be arraigned on the indictment at a later date.
