A mom of three’s face was left severely burned when her estranged husband gruesomely murdered her with a “cyanide-like” substance in her Lengthy Island dwelling — days after he was served divorce papers, in response to police.
Aleena Asif, a 46-year-old licensed public accountant, was discovered unconscious and never respiration with extreme burns on her face in her Herricks dwelling on Oct. 17 after her husband allegedly stalked her for days ready for the prospect to kill her, Nassau County Police stated at a press convention on Friday.
Asif Qureshi, 53, was arrested later that day at a residence in Bellrose, Queens, the place he had been residing, and charged with murdering his spouse, ABC 7 reported, including that she had served him divorce papers the week earlier than.
Asif had simply returned dwelling from dropping their 7-year-old daughter at college when Qureshi allegedly attacked her in the home when no person else was dwelling, police stated.
Her physique was discovered hours later, after the couple’s eldest youngster, their 18-year-old daughter, referred to as police for a welfare test after Asif didn’t decide the 7-year-old up after faculty.
The health worker decided Asif died from asphyxiation by an unknown chemical police consider to be a “cyanide-like substance,” in response to ABC 7.
“On the seventeenth, we have now him exhibiting up, ready for the appropriate alternative, ready for his spouse to drop off the children at college, after which assaulting her and killing her,” Nassau Police Detective Capt. Stephen Fitzpatrick informed reporters.
Qureshi was served divorce papers at his Queens residence on Oct. 9, however refused to just accept them and subsequently started exhibiting up outdoors Asif’s Herricks dwelling.
She had beforehand requested him for a divorce in 2023. They reconciled in 2024, however she filed for divorce once more this 12 months, Newsday reported.
Qureshi, who was born in Pakistan however is a US citizen, is charged with second-degree homicide — nonetheless, prosecutors are pushing to have the fees upgraded to first-degree homicide.
A decide ordered that he be held with out bail at a listening to on Friday.
The alleged killer has one prior arrest for a home incident involving his spouse, however the case is sealed, Fitzpatrick stated.
Police had beforehand responded to 5 home incidents on the dwelling involving Qureshi — 4 involving Asif and one involving the 18-year-old daughter.
Many of the fights had been about funds — however Qureshi as soon as threatened to “make [Asif] swallow bleach,” Fitzpatrick stated, in response to Newsday. No orders of safety had been ever issued.
Their kids — the 18-year-old lady, a 14-year-old boy and the 7-year-old lady — are staying with different kinfolk.
