New York City police say they have no evidence that the slaying early Friday of Eli Wald, 39, a Hasidic Jew from Brooklyn’s Borough Park section, was a “bias incident.”
Wald, a postal worker, was stabbed repeatedly as he was returning home from work, police said. His body was found at 1:10 a.m. near his home at 936 51st St., which he shared with his wife and their baby daughter.
Detectives have found no weapon, no suspects and no motive for the incident, according to Officer Peter O’Donnell, a Police Department spokesman. He said Wald may have been killed resisting a robbery attempt.
But a wallet, still containing $2 in cash, as well as a wristwatch and knapsack, were found on Wald’s body, police said.
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