Homeless Man Arrested at Scene of Korean-American Woman's Murder in New York Says "No One Died"

Source: CCTV footage obtained by the New York Post

[Asia Economy New York=Special Correspondent Joselgina] A homeless man accused of killing a Korean-American woman in her 30s in an apartment in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York, claimed on the 14th (local time) after being charged with murder, "I did not kill anyone."

According to the New York Post, the New York Police Department (NYPD) charged Amasad Nashi (25), who was arrested the previous day, with murder. While being led away in handcuffs, Nashi denied his crime to reporters. He said, "I don't know what happened," and "I did not kill anyone."

However, CCTV footage recorded Nashi following Christina Yuna Lee (35) as she got off a taxi and entered the apartment early the previous morning. The building owner who released the footage said, "The man (Nashi) kept a distance from the victim while chasing her, then suddenly closed the gap and grabbed the apartment door just before it closed."

Responding to a neighbor's report who heard the victim's screams, the NYPD arrested Nashi, who had hidden at the scene after failing to escape. When the NYPD broke down the apartment door, the victim was found dead, bleeding in the bathtub in the bathroom, and Nashi was hiding under the bed.

An NYPD spokesperson stated that this case is not being treated as a hate crime. It was confirmed that Nashi has been arrested at least 10 times since 2012 in New York and New Jersey on charges including robbery.

In September last year, he was released after hitting a man's face at the Grand Street subway station. Earlier this month, he was arrested for damaging dozens of MetroCard machines at three Manhattan subway stations in December last year. The media reported that he was arrested twice in 2014 in Newark, New Jersey, on charges of robbery and illegal possession of firearms.

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