Murdered New York tech entrepreneur’s personal assistant is arrested

The personal assistant of Fahim Saleh, the tech entrepreneur who was found decapitated and dismembered in his $2.2million Manhattan apartment, has been arrested. 

Tyrese Devon Haspil, 21, was arrested early Friday over the grisly murder of the 33-year-old in his Lower East Side apartment earlier this week, the New York Times reported, citing two officials briefed on the matter. 

Haspil, who worked as Saleh’s personal assistant, is expected to be charged with second degree murder and other counts, the officials said.  

Detectives believe Saleh was killed after he found out his assistant had stolen tens of thousands of dollars from him, sources told the outlet. 

The slaying occurred even after Saleh set up a payment plan for Haspil to repay the money he allegedly stole instead of reporting him to authorities. 

Police, who have not yet announced Haspil’s arrest, believe Saleh was killed on Monday, which is a day before his body was found by his sister.  

The investigators believe the killer returned to Saleh’s apartment on Tuesday to clean up and dismember the tech entrepreneur’s body.     

Saleh’s body was discovered by his sister when she went to his apartment on Tuesday afternoon.  

His body had been decapitated and dismembered, with the parts being placed into separate plastic garbage bags. 

An electric saw and vacuum cleaner were also found plugged in nearby. 

Autopsy results released on Thursday revealed that Saleh was tasered and then stabbed multiple times before being dismembered.

Saleh had last been seen alive just over 25 hours prior to his body being discovered.

Surveillance footage from inside the 265 East Houston apartment building showed Saleh walking into an elevator at about 1.40pm on Monday with the assailant – dressed in a black suit, tie, mask and holding a large bag – following closely behind him. 

Investigators say Saleh, who was dressed in shorts and a t-shirt, appeared suspicious when the masked-man fumbled with the elevator, which requires the use of a key fob to operate.   

As the doors opened directly in Saleh’s full-floor apartment on the seventh-floor, words were said to be exchanged between the pair before the tech guru collapsed to the ground.

A struggle then ensured between Saleh and the assailant but the elevator doors closed, obscuring the camera’s view of what happened next.

By the time police arrived at the complex the following day they were greeted with a horrific scene: Saleh’s torso was found in the corner of his living room, with his head, arms, and legs separated into plastic bags.