The technology CEO found himself dismembered in his luxurious New York City apartment this week suffered multiple stab wounds to the neck and body, the city’s medical examiner said Thursday.
Fahim Saleh, a venture capitalist and CEO of Nigerian-based motorcycle startup Gokada, was found his $ 2.2 million condo on the Lower East Side on Tuesday afternoon by a concerned cousin who had not heard from him, reported the New York Post. His body was found in separate plastic bags next to the electric saw, authorities said.
The medical examiner’s office ruled that his form of death was homicide.
Fahim Saleh, 33, was the CEO of a Nigerian-based motorcycle startup. The New York City medical examiner ruled that his death was a homicide on Thursday, revealing that he suffered “multiple stab wounds to the neck and torso.”
The New York Times reported that a masked man dressed in black followed the 33-year-old man to the elevator of his building, which opens to his seventh-floor apartment. Video surveillance captured the couple in a fight.
A law enforcement official told the Times that the electric saw was still connected to an electrical outlet when authorities arrived and the killer left cleaning supplies. An official told the newspaper that the murder seemed like “professional work.”
Another source told the Post that it appeared that the killer had been interrupted and that Saleh’s cousin may have scared him. The killer allegedly fled down a ladder when the cousin was in the elevator that went up to Saleh’s apartment.
A New York Police cruiser is parked at 265 East Houston Street on Wednesday in New York. Police said the dismembered body of a 33-year-old tech businessman, Fahim Saleh, was found inside his luxury Manhattan condo. (AP Photo / Frank Franklin II)
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“Fahim is more than what you are reading. He is so much more, ”said the Saleh family. “His brilliant and innovative mind took everyone on his world on a journey and made sure not to leave anyone behind.”
Investigators were exploring whether Saleh’s death could be related to his business.
Saleh’s biography on LinkedIn described him as a self-taught businessman who founded Gokada, drawing on his experience of “seeing an opportunity in his parents’ home country of Bangladesh” and starting the country’s largest ride-sharing company. He said he also invested in a similar company in Colombia.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
