Mother of Brooklyn Jogger’s Murder Suspect Breaks Her Silence as Court Documents Reveal Chilling New Details

The mother of a man accused of murdering a young Brooklyn jogger has spoken publicly for the first time, expressing sympathy for the victim’s family while describing her own son as someone she never believed capable of such violence.

Fatma Mohassib made the emotional comments outside her family home after her 27-year-old son, Sayed Mohassib, was arrested and charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of 28-year-old Katie Suarez.

“I’m in deep pain, I’m in deep trouble. I hope everything will go ok,” she told ABC7 New York.

Despite the allegations, Fatma insisted her son had once been a promising young man. She described him as a black belt who had participated in the Boy Scouts, played basketball at Brooklyn College and had been involved in his religious community.

She also acknowledged that he had struggled with mєntal health problems for several years and had been admitted to psychiatric hospitals multiple times. His longest hospitalization reportedly lasted around two months.

Fatma denied claims that her son had previously attacked family members, saying he had never harmed her, his sister or anyone in their neighborhood.

Her comments came as newly released court documents revealed disturbing details about the investigation into Suarez’s dєatᩚh.

Suarez was jogging along the Shore Parkway Greenway in Brooklyn on October 30 when she was allegedly attacked and stabbed twice in the neck. She managed to contact her father and tell him she was on her way back, but when she failed to arrive, he went searching for her.

He eventually found his daughter critically injured along the running path. She was taken to hospital but died three days later.

According to the criminal complaint, surveillance footage allegedly showed Mohassib walking toward the path before the attack and running away afterward. Investigators also said footage captured him returning to his apartment before emerging approximately 15 minutes later wearing only underwear.

Prosecutors allege he discarded items through a garbage chute, including clothing believed to be connected to the attack.

Court documents further state that Mohassib told detectives he had gone to the bike path carrying a knife because he believed people were coming to 𝘬iᩚll his family. He reportedly described sitting on a bench and becoming covered in blood, while denying that he had stabbed anyone.

Investigators also alleged that he acknowledged disposing of the knife and bloody clothing and attempting to clean a bloodstain inside his apartment. Authorities later recovered a knife from a Staten Island landfill.

Mohassib was charged with second-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and criminal possession of a w𝔢𝔞𝔭𝔬η. He pleaded not guilty and was ordered held without bail.

The case has also raised questions about his employment. At the time of his arrest, Mohassib was working as a teacher’s aide at Public School 200 in Brooklyn. The New York City Department of Education suspended him and said it would move to terminate his employment.

Before working in the school system, he had briefly served with the NYPD and the Marine Corps. Reports indicate that both periods of service were short, with his military service ending after less than a month.

Authorities have not established a motive for the 𝘬iᩚlling. Investigators have said the attack may have been random, and although Mohassib and Suarez both attended Brooklyn College, there is no confirmed evidence that they knew each other.

In an especially painful development, Suarez’s dєatᩚh has also become an opportunity to save other lives. The young woman was an organ donor, and her organs reportedly helped four people through five transplants.

As the criminal case moves forward, Fatma offered condolences to Suarez’s parents, acknowledging the devastating loss on both sides of the case.

“My heart goes deep to the mother and the father. Just, we both lost, you lost your daughter, I lost my son,” she said.

Mohassib remains accused, not convicted. The charges and allegations will be tested through the court process.

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