A death in the dark: After murder of Brooklyn runner, community calls for action

Katie Suarez, a 28-year-old Brooklyn resident, loved running along the Shore Parkway Greenway near the TD Bank branch where she worked. The area, with its waterfront path and striking views of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, attracts pedestrians and runners alike. On Oct. 30, it became the site of her final run. According to her Strava account, a fitness-tracking app that records running routes, pace and distance, Suarez ran at a pace of about 11:30 minutes per mile for just 1 minute and 7 seconds that evening. She covered 0.09 miles before the app's map showed her briefly turning back in the direction from which she had come. Her body was found farther along the path, beyond the portion of her run recorded by the app. Suarez was stabbed to death before she could finish what she had logged as her “evening run,” tracked through her Apple Watch.

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