Police sources told the NY Daily News that Saleh discovered his assistant had allegedly stolen $100,000 from him and that he set up a payment plan for Haspil to repay the money instead of reporting him to authorities. Detectives started investigating Haspil after finding text messages in which Saleh accused Haspil of stealing the money, according to police sources. Police have not confirmed when the alleged theft occurred and how much money Haspil owed the victim. Investigators believe Saleh was killed on Monday - a day before his body was found by his cousin inside the apartment.
Tyrese Devon Haspil, 21, was arrested and charged with second degree murder on Friday over the grisly murder of his 33-year-old boss in his Lower East Side apartment earlier this week.
Police say Saleh was beheaded and dismembered by an electric saw inside his $2.2 million East Houston apartment on Monday afternoon, and his remains were found by a family member on Tuesday.
In the days after the murder, Haspil, who normally lives near Prospect Park in Brooklyn, appears to have been hiding out in an apartment on Crosby Street in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, less than a mile from the murder scene. New surveillance video obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com shows Haspil on Wednesday around 12.30pm leaving the Crosby Street building where he was later arrested.
Just two days after the murder, Haspil is seen walking out of the Crosby Street building in the company of an unidentified woman and strolling casually down the street.
Detective Harrison has confirmed that Haspil assaulted Saleh with a taser on Monday at about 1.45pm at the apartment. Autopsy results released on Thursday revealed that Saleh was tasered and then stabbed multiple times before being dismembered. Surveillance footage from inside the 265 East Houston apartment building showed Saleh was followed into the elevator by a man - believed to be Haspil - who was wearing a black suit and mask. Investigators say Saleh, who was dressed in shorts and a t-shirt, appeared suspicious when the masked-man fumbled with the elevator, which requires the use of a key fob to operate.
The footage shows the victim collapsing to the ground as the elevator doors opened directly into Saleh's full-floor apartment. The elevator doors then closed and obscured the camera's view of what happened next. Police have only confirmed that Haspil assaulted his boss. It is not yet clear if Haspil is also accused of killing and dismembering Saleh.
Haspil's credit card was allegedly used after the murder to purchase a power saw and cleaning products at Home Depot, police sources told the Daily Beast. The card was allegedly also used to pay for travel to and from Saleh's apartment. Investigators believe the alleged killer returned to Saleh's apartment on Tuesday to dismember the tech entrepreneur's body.
Law enforcement officials say the alleged killer may have been waiting for the victim's blood to coagulate before dismembering him. When police arrived at the scene, Saleh's torso was found in the corner of his living room and his head, arms, and legs had been separated into plastic bags.
An electric saw that was still plugged in, a vacuum cleaner and cleaning products were found nearby.
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ReplyDeleteTyrese just wasted this young man's life for nothing.....
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