'Evil' stranger who followed Christina Yuna Lee, 35, into NYC apartment and knifed her to death in 2022 murder is sentenced

A man who stalked a female backmost to her New York City apartment earlier brutally murdering her has been sentenced to 30 years successful prison. 

Assamad Nash, 27, followed Christina Yuna Lee backmost to her Chinatown flat successful February 2022 wherever he 'butchered' her by stabbing her complete forty times. 

Nash had earlier pleaded blameworthy connected June 18 to 1 count each of execution and burglary arsenic a sexually motivated felony successful nan execution of nan 35-year-old. 

He appeared successful tribunal connected Tuesday successful an orangish situation jumpsuit and wore a surgical disguise while his hands were restrained. 

The judge acknowledged that Nash was mentally sick and imposed nan maximum condemnation saying 'there are nary medications disposable that tin protect society'.

Lee, who worked astatine nan euphony streaming level Splice, had been returning from a nine erstwhile Nash followed her. 

Security tapes show Nash creeping into her building down Lee, who didn't announcement her stalker had slipped successful earlier nan beforehand doorway had closed down her.

Nash kept his region arsenic nan integer shaper climbed nan six flights to her apartment, climbing up 1 level beneath arsenic she went.

He rushed her arsenic Lee unlocked her beforehand doorway and entered her apartment, constabulary astatine nan clip said.

Neighbors were awakened astatine 4:20 a.m. to Lee's blood-curdling screams of 'Please, thief me. Call 911,' and 1 of them instantly summoned police.

Assistant District Attorney Dafna Yorna said: 'As nan suspect tried to rip disconnected Ms. Lee’s clothes, Ms. Lee managed to drawback a weapon from her room artifact and slash nan suspect successful nan enarthrosis and torso.

'She ran into her bath to get distant from him. He followed her and butchered her, stabbing and cutting her complete 40 times.' 

Officers responded wrong minutes, but Nash had barricaded himself wrong nan flat and tried to get them to leave.

Nash was heard telling officers: 'I americium unsocial successful nan apartment. We are ok. No 1 is bleeding. We don't request help. Go away. We don't request nan police, I americium fine.'

He past attempted to fly done a occurrence escape but went backmost wrong aft seeing a constabulary serviceman connected nan tile supra him.

When officers collapsed down nan doorway to Lee's apartment, they recovered her partially naked assemblage pinch 40 wounds to her torso, caput and cervix wrong nan bathtub.

Nash was discovered hiding nether a mattress wrong Lee's apartment. A bloodstained yellow-handed weapon from Lee's room group was recovered stashed down a dresser.

According to nan New York Daily News, Lee's begetter Sungkon Lee told nan court: 'Christina had a bully quality and was considerate. 

'She was a genuinely bully girl who ever treated her family, friends, and group astir her pinch a grin and kindness. 

'She worked difficult astatine her institution pinch a sincere attitude. After Christina died, nan remaining family members person been having a difficult clip surviving each day, emotion overwhelmed pinch longing and regret. 

'Why did God let specified a unspeakable point to hap to our family? I conscionable consciousness resentful that God is giving my family this ordeal.'

While District Attorney Alvin Bragg said successful a statement: 'Christina Yuna Lee was killed successful an unthinkably horrific mode successful her ain flat astatine nan hands of Assamad Nash.

Bragg said Lee's decease 'not only devastated her family but near a lasting effect connected an full community.'

Outside of tribunal connected Tuesday, Lee's begetter said he would beryllium suing nan metropolis for negligence, believing nan constabulary consequence was inadequate. 

He told reporters: 'While nan constabulary first arrived successful beforehand of nan building successful 2 to 3 minutes aft nan call, nan constabulary did not summation entranceway to nan segment of nan crime until astir an hr and 20 minutes had passed since arriving astatine nan scene. In nan meantime, Christina suffered a sadistic death.

'Now that nan criminal lawsuit against Nash has been concluded, nan constabulary must disclose each accusation regarding nan incident, and if location was an incorrect aliases inadequate response, nan applicable personification must return due responsibility.'