Model Arrested After Husband Found Stabbed To Death In Nyc Apartment

A antheral exemplary pinch a history of alleged home unit toward his hubby was arraigned connected charges of burglary and contempt of tribunal complete nan weekend, accused of violating a protection bid astatine nan Harlem location when his partner was recovered dead.

Jacob Zieben-Hood was recovered dormant astir 4 a.m. Friday, slumped complete a toilet pinch aggregate stab wounds crossed his body, prosecutors said successful charging documents.

The 34-year-old individual trainer had a gash connected his caput and respective wounds to nan backmost of his leg, 1 heavy capable to penetrate nan muscle, according to officials. A aesculapian examiner has not yet wished his origin of death.

Police recovered nan man astatine his Harlem flat connected West 138th Street aft his husband, Donald Zieben-Hood, called 911. Donald told nan usability he recovered his hubby dormant connected nan toilet and expressed interest that he could beryllium arrested for violating a protection order, prosecutors said. Donald said he had been wounded and needed aesculapian attention.

Prosecutors said Jacob had a protection bid successful spot against his hubby since precocious past year. Donald was ordered to enactment distant and refrain from communicating pinch Jacob, an bid he’s alleged to person surgery connected respective occasions.

When constabulary arrived astir recovered Donald seated connected nan sofa wrong nan apartment, he allegedly told officers that Jacob had attacked him pinch a knife. Officials said Donald had 3 cuts connected his arms that needed stitches.

Prosecutors, however, declare that Jacob had called his dada earlier successful nan night, claiming that Donald was chasing him pinch a weapon and refusing to fto him time off nan apartment. His begetter said he could perceive Donald successful nan inheritance of nan call, yelling astatine Jacob and calling him names.

Donald was arraigned Sunday connected charges of burglary, criminal contempt and weapons possession. He has not been charged successful nan decease of his husband, but officials are investigating nan lawsuit arsenic a homicide.

Officials said nan mates has a history of home maltreatment making love to 2022.

In June, Donald was accused of breaking nan protection bid erstwhile he menaced Jacob pinch a room weapon and threatened to wounded him, prosecutors alleged. He was brought up connected charges of menacing and criminal contempt astatine nan time.

And successful February, prosecutors charged Donald pinch strangulation, among a agelong database of different charges, for allegedly attacking Jacob wrong nan Harlem apartment.

A nationalist defender representing Donald would not remark connected nan charges erstwhile reached by email Monday.