South Brooklyn runner slashed, police offer $10,000 reward for dash cam video

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Runner Katie Suarez, 28, was attacked and killed on the Esplanade in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Police determined that it was a random attack. They are offering a reward of 10,000 yuan and collecting driving recorder footage to find the killer.

On the evening of October 30, a 28-year-old runnerbrooklyn (brooklyn ) was fatally stabbed in the neck while jogging on the Bath Beach Marina Greenway. He died on the evening of 2 November after being on life support for three days.New York University He died at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn and his family decided to donate his organs. The city police department determined that it was a random and unprovoked attack, but the crime scene was remote and there were no surveillance cameras, so the suspect has not yet been identified. Police have formed a task force and are offering a reward of 10,000 yuan for information. They are also appealing to drivers with driving recorders who drove on the Belt Parkway that night to provide footage to help find the killer.

According to the police investigation, Katie Suarez left work at TD Bank around 6:30 that night, donned her sportswear and ran west along the Shore Parkway Greenway to meet her parents. She called her father around 8 in the morning and said she would reach there within a few minutes. Police speculated that the attack occurred immediately after the call. When she did not come, her parents went out to search for her. Eventually, his father found him covered in blood under a tree near Bay 17th Street.

City Police Department Detective Chief Joseph Kenney said the wound penetrated from bottom to top on the left side of the neck, damaged blood vessels and entered the mouth. However, even after the attack, she ran east for about 150 feet before falling to the ground. Police are still searching for the murder weapon. Since her mobile phone and jewelery are still on her body, it is certain that it was not a robbery.

Kenny said the license plate recognition system showed that approximately 1,700 vehicles had passed along this stretch of road at the time of the crime. Police hope the driving recorder will track down the driver, “as the killer may have fled across the Belt Highway.” The task force deployed police dogs, dive teams and drones to search for several days. They released photos of Suarez and called on people who saw him on the bicycle lane between Bay 8 Street and Bay 17 Street between 7:56 and 8:12 that night to contact police.

Suárez enjoys running and has participated in events organized by the New York Road Runners. The mother, Yasira Suarez, spoke publicly for the first time on the 3rd, saying that she had originally planned to go racing with her daughter on the night of the incident, but is currently unable to make the trip. She often reminds her only daughter to be careful and her daughter always responds, “Mom, I’ll be fine.” Following the unfortunate incident, she appealed to anyone with information to provide clues to help the police trace the killer.

A memorial ceremony for Suarez will be held at 6 p.m. on the 4th at the Federation of Italian Americans near 87th Street and Eighth Avenue in Brooklyn.

If the public passes through a roadway identified by police during this time, please immediately call the Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 577-TIPS (8477), or log into the Crime Stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestopper.com, or send a text message to 274637 (CRIMES) via mobile phone and enter TIP577, or @NYPDTips on the X platform, or via the Crime Stoppers mobile application. Provide clues. “CS-NYC”. The source of information is completely confidential.

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  • She was jogging on the Marina Greenway near Bath Beach in Brooklyn after getting off work at TD Bank on the evening of October 30. On the way, he was seriously injured by a knife on his neck. After being sent to the hospital, he was kept on life support system for three days. He was declared dead on the evening of 2 November.


  • The city police department determined that it was a random and unprovoked attack rather than a robbery. However, the crime occurred in a remote location, there was a lack of surveillance cameras, and the murder weapon has not yet been found, so the suspect has not yet been identified.


  • Police are offering a 10,000 yuan reward for clues, and are specifically calling on drivers who drove the Belt Parkway on the evening of October 30 and have driving recorders in their cars to provide footage. You can also report it through the Crime Stoppers hotline, website, text message, X platform or the CS-NYC app.

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