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He heard the buzzer....someone was on the way up.how did he know that someone is about to enter the apartment though? did the sister hear anything?
He heard the buzzer....someone was on the way up.how did he know that someone is about to enter the apartment though? did the sister hear anything?
Someone was using a saw in a Manhattan luxury apartment and nobody heard anything?
Someone was using a saw in a Manhattan luxury apartment and nobody heard anything?
Based on what?Absolutely heinous crime! Almost seems like a work of a serial killer. It's one thing being a hitman, and it's another thing dismembering someone. Seems very strange and it doesn't seem as though the motive was financial as many have suspected.
lol - this really is like a scene out of american psycho. i'm in shock this could even happen with the amount of security/CCTV/witnesses you think would be around in a city like NY. its so surreal.I've heard saws in my non-luxury building and thought, "They're installing cabinets." My mind does not think American Psycho first. But maybe it should!
Also, it it was a hit, why follow him to his apartment? The chance of leaving behind witnesses as well as being caught on CCTV are astronomically high that way. Why not to just follow him at night, ambush him and then kill him? He was murdered at the most obvious location with the highest potential for the killer to leave clues behind. It's an apartment. It's a small space and the perfect place to fail hiding evidence in such a horrific crime.
I'm more inclined to believe something happened in the moment and the man who followed Fahim to the elevator attacked him.
So, some reports state that a neighbor heard screaming and noises and contacted the sister. And other reports state that the sister hadn't heard from in the last day or so, so she went to check on him.
$2.5 million for what is probably a one-bedroom condo where he lives alone is tony enough for security cams, a desk man, and special coded entry. It's a new building around the corner from NYU campus and on the main drag connecting both sides of Manhattan. If it's got an elevator that drops you off inside your own apartment, you have coded/keyed access to that floor, which is very swank. To me, the killer already knew this. They knew they had to ride the elevator with him. So they already scoped the place out. The lift won't go there without special access. All he needs to do is get inside the building (possibly under the pretenses of viewing an empty apartment?) and wait. The waiting is risky because it invites questions and risk. So maybe the killer followed him inside the building. Not many people are willing to slam a door on someone following in behind them. A well-dressed man carrying something may have prompted the victim to give the killer access to the building thinking he was another resident. Perhaps once in the elevator, the victim used his access and expected the killer to swipe/use a key to go to his own floor, and then when he didn't, the awkward exchange in the elevator was likely, "Which floor are you going to?" "Yours."2.2 million dollar apartments are rare in my city (though they do exist). My guess is that such buildings here routinely include security, cameras, desk staff and recorded entries.
But..... 2.2 million dollar apartments in Manhattan, and equivalent parts of Los Angeles, San Francisco etc. may not be tony enough to automatically include all the bells and whistles. Rather, the bells and whistles may start at an even higher level?
He brought an electric saw in a bag. This was planned.Also, it it was a hit, why follow him to his apartment? The chance of leaving behind witnesses as well as being caught on CCTV are astronomically high that way. Why not to just follow him at night, ambush him and then kill him? He was murdered at the most obvious location with the highest potential for the killer to leave clues behind. It's an apartment. It's a small space and the perfect place to fail hiding evidence in such a horrific crime.
I'm more inclined to believe something happened in the moment and the man who followed Fahim to the elevator attacked him.
NYPD is not everyone's best friend right now. People also "don't want trouble." It's a lot less common to just call the cops nowadays because you heard a scream or a pounding sound. I've heard all kinds of nonsense shouting and banging above me, and it's just a man playing a video game.In this article it says his neighbours heard screams, which prompted his sister to try and contact him.
One of Saleh's friends told NBC that: "One of the neighbors heard screaming and very loud noises when this happened. I don't know why the neighbors didn't call the cops."
Who are Fahim Saleh’s sisters, Rif Saleh and Ruby Bashir, and which sister found him ‘decapitated’?
also here;
Body of Fahim Saleh found dismembered in multi-million dollar condo in New York City
so when did Fahim get the chance to scream? a bullet in the back of the head would have killed him instantly no?Here's new info from the NY Times (bullet to the back of the head), which they too are saying it was a professional hit related to business per LE:
The killer, dressed entirely in black and wearing a black mask, followed the young technology entrepreneur from the elevator of his luxury condo building into his apartment.
Then he fired a single bullet that hit the entrepreneur, Fahim Saleh, in the back of the head...
The official who spoke on Wednesday said that the killing “looks like a professional job,” referring to it as a “hit.” A Police Department spokesman said he could not comment on a possible motive or whether any suspects had been identified...
The law enforcement official said that investigators were exploring on Wednesday whether Mr. Saleh’s killing might be related to his business, noting the indications that his company had been hurting.
Tech C.E.O.’s Dismemberment ‘Looks Like a Professional Job’
$2.5 million for what is probably a one-bedroom condo where he lives alone is tony enough for security cams, a desk man, and special coded entry. It's a new building around the corner from NYU campus and on the main drag connecting both sides of Manhattan. If it's got an elevator that drops you off inside your own apartment, you have coded/keyed access to that floor, which is very swank. To me, the killer already knew this. They knew they had to ride the elevator with him. So they already scoped the place out. The lift won't go there without special access. All he needs to do is get inside the building (possibly under the pretenses of viewing an empty apartment?) and wait. The waiting is risky because it invites questions and risk. So maybe the killer followed him inside the building. Not many people are willing to slam a door on someone following in behind them. A well-dressed man carrying something may have prompted the victim to give the killer access to the building thinking he was another resident. Perhaps once in the elevator, the victim used his access and expected the killer to swipe/use a key to go to his own floor, and then when he didn't, the awkward exchange in the elevator was likely, "Which floor are you going to?" "Yours."
If this is a professional hit that explains the smooth entry, attack, and escape. If this person spent all night in the apartment with the victim, surely there would be evidence of their stay unless they were extremely careful with what they did (bathroom, food). Or did they leave and come back using the victim's access? If they stayed overnight, that means they brought food with them or ate from his kitchen. It's extremely doubtful a serial killer targeted an entrepreneur and decided his best opportunity to get him was in his own home in a high-security building with cameras and a desk man?
Professional hit.
The victim's schedule is so important here. The killer brought a saw, knew you had to get into the building/apartment with special access, and knew when the victim would be returning home for him to make his move. He had information to work with.I wonder if the killer had knowledge of the victim's schedule.....appointments, zoom conferences, visitors, what have you. Since he was in the apartment for many hours (was it 24, can't remember), kind of risky in case Mr. Saleb was expected somewhere, or online.
The sister's arrival was a fluke, not expected.
so when did Fahim get the chance to scream? a bullet in the back of the head would have killed him instantly no?