A serial offender followed a woman to an apartment and killed her: 6 other cases were opened against him, but he was at large

A woman was stabbed to death in her apartment in Chinatown on the morning of February 13th. The alleged killer followed her home, and her last moments of life were captured on chilling surveillance footage. The suspect tracked down the 35-year-old victim, Christina Yuna Lee, on the street, reports New York Post.

Victim enters his apartment building on Christy Street, the man follows her as she opens the front door and enters the hallway.

Minutes later, a neighbor down the hallway of the victim's sixth-floor apartment at 111 Christie Street called 911 around 4:30 a.m. after hearing her screams as she was brutally stabbed, law enforcement sources said.

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“We have cameras on every floor and here in front of the entrance,” the owner of the building said. She got out of the taxi right here and he followed her. He grabbed the front door just before it closed. He followed her all the way to the top, falling behind, staying one floor behind her until the sixth floor. Then he waited until her door was almost closed and went in.”

The girl died at the scene of the crime

Yuna Li was found in her bathtub "bleeding from multiple wounds on her body." The alleged killer was found hiding under a bed, according to a source and an NYPD spokesman.

One of Yuna Lee's sixth-floor neighbors who called 911 recalled the victim's desperate pleas for help.

“She called for help, screamed for help. I woke up from her screams. It was terrible,” said the 21-year-old neighbor.

Arrivals police found the suspect, identified by sources as 25-year-old Assamad Nash, in the apartment covered in blood. Nash allegedly tried to escape the scene of the gruesome scene through the fire escape before barricading himself inside. This, according to sources, prompted the NYPD emergency response team to break down the door.

“There was a man inside who refused to leave the apartment,” a police spokesman said.

FDNY doctors pronounced the victim dead at 5:55 am.

The killer took a knife in the victim's kitchen

The police found a bloody knife in the apartment and believe it was in Yuna Lee's kitchen. The sources added that both Nash and the victim were stabbed.

Officers who were nearby when the call came rushed to the scene and tried to break down the victim's door as she yelled for someone to call 911. At one point, they even tried to use a sledgehammer, but initially failed. could get inside until ESU showed up.

According to sources, one police officer who was on the roof at the time noticed Nash on the fire escape. when he tried to escape. Nash became frightened and returned to the apartment, where, according to sources, he was found under the bed.

Nash, 25, is a longtime homeless felon, sources said. 3 cases and several escapes from police custody were opened against him.

The Asian victim was a digital producer and previously lived in New Jersey, according to sources and neighbors.

Police investigate whether murder was a hate crime

“This is all under investigation,” an NYPD spokeswoman said.

A police spokesman said the XNUMX call was due to "unrest in the apartment."

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Mayor Eric Adams condemned the attack in a statement.

“I and New Yorkers across the city mourn the innocent woman who was killed last night in her home in Chinatown, and today we pray with our Asian brothers and sisters,” the mayor said.

Nash has three open files in Manhattan that date back to last year. They include 27 counts of felony disorderly conduct from last month's arrest and two arrests last year for possession of stolen property and assault.

The perpetrator has previously attacked women

Sources say that in the assault case, Nash is accused of hitting a woman with a card on September 28 at the Grand Street train station on September 28 Metrocard.

The suspect was arrested in Midtown on Jan. 6 for allegedly damaging dozens of Metrocard machines at three different subway stations since Dec. 8, according to the criminal lawsuit.

Nash allegedly used some kind of object to clog the slots in the machines that accept bills.

In the assault case, Nash is accused of hitting a passenger in the right eye with a strap on September 28 at Grand Street Station, according to another criminal case.

He was released without bail, but refused to participate in the case and was arrested two months later on a warrant. They released him again.

Nash was also charged with assaulting a woman in May 2021, sources said, but the case was later dropped.

Sources said that in January 2021, he was charged with 27 counts of criminal mischief for damaging MetroCard machines, as well as charges of absconding and resisting arrest.

Overall, Nash has more than half a dozen other arrests dating back to 2015, sources say.

The Asian American community expressed outrage

At a press conference near the scene on February 13, Asian American community leaders called the attack "terrible." They demanded action from the city.

“This is so terrible, so terrible and so cruel,” said state assemblyman Yuh-Line Niu. She burst into tears during a speech at Sarah D. Roosevelt Park near the scene.

“We have to make sure our city stops apologizing, that our state stops apologizing,” Niu said. “Our communities deserve answers, and we didn’t get any.”

In recent months, the Big Apple has witnessed a series of violent attacks against Asian Americans, the latest of which was a fatal attack on Sunday.

“Why are we being attacked by violent mentally ill people with a criminal past?” said Ben Wei of the Asian rights group fighting injustice.

“This man has at least six preliminary cases and open charges against him,” he said.