Man who stabbed woman to death in Chinatown apartment pleads guilty to murder
A man pleaded guilty to murder for stabbing 35-year-old Christina Yuna Lee to death in 2022 after he “mercilessly stalked” her from the street into her Manhattan apartment building.
A man pleaded guilty to murder on Tuesday for brutally stabbing a woman to death in 2022 after he “mercilessly stalked” her from the street into her Manhattan apartment building.
Assamad Nash, 27, also pleaded guilty to burglary as a sexually motivated felony in the Feb. 13, 2022, attack on 35-year-old Christina Yuna Lee, in which police said Nash stabbed the victim more than 40 times in the neck and torso.
“Today Assamad Nash was held accountable for senselessly taking Christina Yuna Lee’s life after he followed her into her own home,” District Attorney Bragg said in a statement. Bragg said his thoughts “are with her family and our community as they continue healing from this tragedy.”
Prosecutors said Lee was returning home from a Saturday night out when Nash followed her into her Chrystie Street building in Chinatown and up six flights of stairs to her apartment. The building’s landlord said that Nash “mercilessly stalked” his victim, and images obtained by NBC New York showed him following her up the stairs.
As Lee entered the apartment, Nash pushed his way inside and attempted to sexually assault her, prosecutors said.
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