Mom of ex-NYPD cop accused of jogger murder complains she ‘lost’ her son— and sends message to victim’s family

The mother of Sayed Mohassib, a former New York police officer accused of fatally stabbing jogger Katie Suarez in Brooklyn, says she has “lost” her son and is sorry to Suarez’s family. She says he needs help and was not previously aggressive, while acknowledging he had spent time in psychiatric wards.

Mohassib, 27, is accused of stabbing 28-year-old Suarez twice in the neck as she jogged by the Belt Parkway on 30 October. Court documents say he told detectives he carried a knife because he believed people would kill his family; investigators say video showed him fleeing and later discarding bloodied clothes. He was arrested on Saturday, arraigned and held without bail.