Katie Suarez, 28, had been declared brain dead after the heinous attack on the Shore Parkway Greenway promenade around 8 p.m. Friday and was taken off life support and died Monday, her mother said outside the family’s home.
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mother → declare → home
Suarez, who graduated from Brooklyn College, was knifed in the neck as she jogged on the waterfront path near Bay 17th Street.
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she → graduate → Street
She had just gotten off work as a TD Bank teller at Caesar’s Bay Shopping Center in Gravesend and met up with her mom in front of a nearby Wendy’s restaurant around 6:50 p.m., sources said.
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sources → get → p.m.
Suarez then left her mom to jog along the Belt Parkway, and her dad soon joined them, which was a typical ritual for the family, cops and sources said.
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cops → leave → family
The dad, who was still with the mom, called their daughter at 7:56 p.m. to see where and when they should meet up, police and sources said.
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police → call → p.m.
Suarez told them she was about 5 minutes away.
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she → tell → them
When she failed to meet up at the agreed-upon spot, her dad called her again — but she didn’t pick up this time.
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she → fail → her
The parents then split up to look for her, and her dad found his daughter wounded and bleeding on the path at 8:16 p.m., police said.
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police → split → p.m.
The critically wounded young woman continued running 150 feet after being attacked before she collapsed under a tree, police said Monday.
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police → wound → tree
The distraught father then called 911, along with another bystander who was walking on the path with his girlfriend, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told reporters.
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Kenny → call → reporters
“The father then begins to walk the path, and unfortunately, he finds her underneath a tree, bleeding heavily from the neck,” Kenny said.
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Kenny → begin → neck
Police have offered a $10,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in the baffling case, as investigators haven’t yet identified a suspect or motive.
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investigators → offer → suspect
Cops are also looking to talk with other walkers, joggers, drivers, or a food truck operator who may have security or dashcam footage that could help the investigation.
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that → look → investigation
Detectives have been probing every theory, including whether someone fishing on the promenade may have used their bait knife to slash Suarez’s throat.
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someone → probe → throat
The case is also eerily similar to the 2016 murder of Karina Vetrano, a 30-year-old Queens woman whose body was discovered by her father after she was killed on a jog by a random attacker — though that killer is behind bars.
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killer → discover → bars
“From all indications, this is a person that was very family-orientated, very work-orientated, was a productive, beautiful member of society, and unfortunately, this horrific event happened to her,” Kenny said.
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Kenny → orientate → her
“Right now, it seems that it’s random.
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Nobody else would have known that she was running there at that particular time, and as of right now, it appears it was a random attack.”
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A memorial has blossomed at the family’s nearby home, where neighbors referred to the beloved bank teller as “very professional, very kind” and “family oriented.”
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neighbors → blossom → teller
“I mean, nobody is supposed to have [their] life taken, you know, being bad or good, but she was kind of exceptional to me, the way I interact with her,” one neighbor said on Sunday.
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Her family has said she had no known boyfriend or enemies.
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Suarez’s cousin, Gianluca Frances, 19, also called for additional resources to deter future attacks.
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cousin → call → attacks
“Hopefully a story like this can encourage public policy handlers to incorporate policemen or officers into the park, or a camera installed,” Frances said.
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Frances → encourage → park
Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-577-TIPS.
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