SAN FRANCISCO — Nima Momeni, the person accused of killing Money App founder Bob Lee, seems to have gotten into an argument with Lee earlier than his loss of life, in response to paperwork launched by the San Francisco District Lawyer’s workplace.
A message from Momeni’s sister to Lee someday that night confirmed the sister checking in on Lee after the disagreement. The textual content message, per the paperwork from the district legal professional’s workplace, said: “Simply needed to ensure your doing okay Trigger I do know nima got here wayyyyyy down onerous on you And thanks for being such a cultured man dealing with it with class.”
The motion-to-detain paperwork additionally cite a witness interviewed by police and safety digicam footage, providing an in depth timeline of the place Lee and Momeni have been main as much as Lee’s deadly stabbing within the Rincon Hill neighborhood of San Francisco early within the morning of April 4.
A witness, described as a detailed buddy of Lee’s, stated he went over to an residence after being invited by Lee on April 3, the place Lee was consuming with a lady later recognized as Momeni’s sister, the doc states.
The witness advised police the lady was married however her “relationship was presumably in jeopardy,” and the witness was uncertain if the lady and Lee had an intimate relationship, in response to the doc. Lee later advised the witness that they have been going to go to his resort room, the place he invited the lady however she had declined.
Whereas on the resort room, the witness stated Lee was having a dialog with Momeni, which concerned Momeni saying he was choosing up his sister from the residence Lee and the witness have been beforehand at, in response to the doc. Momeni requested Lee “whether or not his sister was doing medication or something inappropriate,” the doc states. Lee had advised Momeni nothing inappropriate occurred, in response to the doc.
A late night time automotive experience
After the dialog with Momeni, Lee and the witness went to Lee’s residence till about 12:30 a.m. on April 4, when Lee left, the doc says.
Surveillance footage reveals Momeni arriving at his sister’s residence constructing in a white BMW round 8:30 p.m. on April 3, and later reveals Lee getting into the constructing round 12:39 a.m. on April 4. Somewhat after 2 a.m., safety footage reveals Lee and Momeni getting into an elevator collectively and entering into Momeni’s BMW. Further footage from the realm reveals the 2 driving round within the automotive collectively.
Video then reveals the BMW drive to a “darkish and secluded space” on Principal Road, simply out of view for the video to see the interplay between the 2 males, per the doc.
Finally the 2 topics, who're unidentifiable by their faces however appear to be carrying the identical clothes, seem again in body. After about 5 minutes, the topic carrying a white-colored prime, in step with what Momeni seemed to be carrying, “immediately transfer(s) towards the opposite topic,” the doc says. The 2 topics then separate.
The topic in dark-colored clothes, who authorities consider to be Lee, walks northbound, whereas the topic within the light-colored clothes walks south and stops alongside a fence, the place a knife was finally recovered, the doc says. The BMW then “leaves at a excessive fee of pace,” the doc states.
An post-mortem later discovered Lee was “stabbed three separate instances, as soon as within the hip and twice within the chest,” in response to the paperwork. One of many stab wounds “straight penetrated” Lee’s coronary heart, inflicting his loss of life.
Lee’s household requires justice
Momeni appeared in a San Francisco courtroom earlier Friday for an arraignment that got here in the future after police introduced his arrest. Momeni’s arraignment is ready to proceed on April 25. He might be held with out bail within the meantime.
When Momeni entered the courtroom on Friday, members of his household sitting within the entrance row held up coronary heart indicators with their arms. Momeni, who was not cuffed, acknowledged them and smiled again.
In saying his arrest Thursday, regulation enforcement described Momeni as a 38-year-old man from Emeryville and stated Momeni and Lee knew each other, however didn’t present additional particulars about their connection. California Secretary of State Data point out that Momeni has been the proprietor of an IT enterprise.
Many within the tech world and past responded to information of Lee’s loss of life with an outpouring of shock and grief.
Lee’s household issued an announcement Thursday thanking the San Francisco Police Division “for bringing his killer to justice” after Momeni’s arrest.
“Our subsequent steps might be to work with the District Lawyer’s workplace to make sure that this particular person just isn't allowed to harm anybody else or stroll free,” the assertion stated.
Within the assertion, the household described Lee’s upbringing, his profession and the affect of the expertise he helped create.
“Day-after-day world wide, individuals work together with expertise that Bob helped create. Bob will reside on via these interactions and his goals of bettering all of our lives,” the assertion reads.
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