NYC jogger declared brain dead after stabbing attack

Summarised from 3 outlets · 4 reports · Updated 2 Nov, 17:33 · Archive

Katie Suarez, 28, a bank teller, was stabbed in the neck while jogging in Brooklyn and is now brain dead on life support.

Katie Suarez, a 28-year-old bank teller, was stabbed in the neck on Friday evening while jogging in Brooklyn. The attack took place shortly after 8pm near Bay 17th Street and Shore Parkway in Bath Beach, on a path that runs along the Belt Parkway westbound. She was found bleeding on a nearby grassy area by her father and rushed to NYU Langone Hospital in critical condition.

Suarez had left work around 6.30pm at TD Bank in Gravesend, where she met her mother as part of a family ritual. She changed into running gear and set off alone for a run, possibly training for Sunday's New York City Marathon. Her father, who had been running late, eventually caught up with her mother, and at around 8pm he phoned Suarez to arrange where they would meet. She told him she was about half a mile away—a five-minute jog. Nothing concerning emerged during the call, according to reports.

On Saturday, Suarez was declared brain dead and remains on life support. The New York Police Department is appealing for witnesses who saw her between 7.56pm and 8.12pm on Friday in the vicinity of the eastbound bike path along the Belt Parkway between Bay 8th Street and Bay 17th Street. The NYPD is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest. Investigators are still working to establish exactly what happened.

How it is being reported

• Cops offer $10K reward in baffling case of stabbed NYC joggerSuarez had just left her job at the TD Bank in Caesar's Bay Shopping Center in Gravesend and met up with her mother before going for a run, law-enforcement sources have said.New York Post · 2 Nov, 18:13
• NYC jogger, 28, who was stabbed in the neck while training for marathon is pictured in fresh police appealKatie Suarez, 28, was stabbed in the neck shortly after 8pm on Friday in Brooklyn. She remains in a critical condition.Daily Mail · 2 Nov, 17:16
• Woman, 28, on jog in Brooklyn ‘stabbed in neck’ moments after speaking to dadBank cashier Katie Suarez is on life support after being brually attacked on a run - her injured body discovered by her father to have been stabbed in the neck twice as he waited to meet up with herThe Mirror · 2 Nov, 02:23
• NYC jogger stabbed in neck was planning to meet parents when attacked — as more chilling details emergeBank teller Katie Suarez has been declared brain dead and is on life support at NYU Langone Hospital since the apparent random assault.New York Post · 1 Nov, 19:04

In this story: Katie Suarez · New York Police Department · NYU Langone Hospital · Brooklyn · New York City

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