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Ethiopian man accused of murder arrested in New York

April 30th, 2010 |  |  18 Comments

Alexandria, Virginia (ABC 7)– New York City police have arrested a Virginia resident who is accused of murdering his 3-year-old daughter and her mother, ABC 7 News has learned.

Investigators have been searching for 34-year-old Simon Asfeha, a native of Ethiopia, since April 11, when officers responded to a domestic disturbance complaint and found the woman, 27-year-old Seble Tessema, and her daughter, dead. Both had been stabbed to death.

Asfeha had previously been charged with assaulting Tessema.

The U.S. Marshals fugitive task force, which had been hunting Asfeha, described him as a “monster” to the Washington Examiner, saying he had slashed his own daughter’s throat.

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18 Comments to “Ethiopian man accused of murder arrested in New York”

  1. Tazabi says:

    God, Have mercy on US.

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    April 30th, 2010 at 1:08 PM

  2. aba mela says:

    Simon Bahta Asfeha slaughtered his own baby daughter? What a monster? he should have a dracula blood in him!

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    April 30th, 2010 at 1:43 PM

  3. sami says:

    God is Great!! You cant run away from the Truth

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    April 30th, 2010 at 2:23 PM

  4. Araya says:

    Good thing he has been removed from th streets.

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    April 30th, 2010 at 2:56 PM

  5. solomon says:

    what kind of man do this????to his kid and wife is he really from ethiopian family??

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    April 30th, 2010 at 5:24 PM

  6. Anonymous says:

    He deserve nothing less than an electric chair! What a heartless man he is!

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    April 30th, 2010 at 6:05 PM

  7. Atsbeha says:

    OMG! This is a very sad news. To kill own daughetr. Egzo!

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    April 30th, 2010 at 7:48 PM

  8. Selamawi says:

    May God rest their soul in peace.

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    April 30th, 2010 at 10:06 PM

  9. sam says says:

    GOD has nothing to do with it. we ethiopians are just Pure EVIL how a person kill his own child unless he is pure EVIL what a Shame and some of you said oh god that’s why i say god has nothing to do with it.

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    May 1st, 2010 at 2:08 AM

  10. Weyolet Zenawi says:

    Do we have such monsters among us? Hard to believe. Or is this a mentally ill person? His picture does not look like one.

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    May 1st, 2010 at 3:07 AM

  11. Daniel says:

    As a father of two myself, can’t imagine a father who supposed to protect his family does something totally surreal. my prayers to the family and friends who are affected by this tragedy…God help us all.

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    May 1st, 2010 at 4:40 AM

  12. kitcho says:

    For sure, once he gets into the prison system, someone is going to claim him as his slave and make him a she, which he deserve.

    At least, he does not have to worry about rent and food.

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    May 1st, 2010 at 10:05 AM

  13. Nebelbal says:

    How does a hard working wife, who worked hard to reunite with her husband oceans apart, ends up slaughtered by the same husband she cherished to reunite??????
    JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED.
    Slaughter the monster’s head NOW, just like the monster slaughtered the defenceless little child & her devoted mother.

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    May 3rd, 2010 at 12:21 AM

  14. girma from L.A. says:

    First of all it is another tragic news; however, monsters have no citizenship or color or race. All of these monsters have originated on this planet. All we have to do is eradicate them when they get caught and not feed them in prison for years. This sucker may have this knowledge that he is not likely going to get the death penalty right away in US prison as opposed to his native home ethiopia. I hope the justice system give all of the evil doers what they diserve as soon as possible. The problem is there so many of them that are bieng fed in US jails. I do not care if this evil is mentally ill or not, some one has to fry his ass & all the like ones on the electric chair once they are handed their sentence. My deepest sympathy & condolences to the family who are in pain & hurting right now.

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    May 3rd, 2010 at 1:26 AM

  15. selam says:

    No matter how wrong & cruel it’s, the story of a man strangling his wife as well as a woman poisoning her husband is as old as the proffesion of prostutition. but a human being to slit his own blood and flesh is absolutaly beyond compherhansion. if i’m not mistaken, even animals that are not much fortunate in the gray area (brain) department woundn’t do that to their off springs. well, lets hope this evil spent the rest of his life in a total solitary confinment cell so he can be more tormented and mad of his capital crime! my deepest sympathy to the victims!

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    May 3rd, 2010 at 2:12 PM

  16. Judge-not says:

    I would question his sanity in the event leading to and at the moment of this horridness perpetration of crime. No man in his right mind kills his own child. It’s very sad and tragic for all.

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    May 4th, 2010 at 1:33 AM

  17. Gigi says:

    Electric chair is too smooth, don’t forget his daughter was screaming “daddy as he cut her up”
    I hope they will chop him into pieces

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    May 4th, 2010 at 10:36 AM

  18. L.M. says:

    My God, People can be cruel. This is a Very True Fact. This guy did the unthinkable, but I still want God to forgive him and rest his soul in Heaven. As an Ethiopian Christian, I want him saved in prison. But on this earth, I hope he gets the longest time in prison and learn from this. He was my friend, and I never ever thought he was capable of this. I have known him for a long time. I have such sadness these three weeks, I feel like I want to die. This is the saddest most horrific news I have heard, I am speechless… Let me stop before I cry yet again. People are weak beings and fragile. In the words of Jim Carrey from “Dumb and Dumber”, Life is a fragile thing Harry, one minute you are chewing on a burger next minute you are dead meat. God Bless the souls of dear Seble and her 3 year old angel who is now watching over us. God save us all before it’s too late.

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    May 6th, 2010 at 3:28 AM

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