A male model has been arrested after his husband was found dead with multiple stab wounds while slumped over a toilet at their New York City apartment.
Personal trainer Jacob Zieben-Hood was found dead at his Harlem apartment on West 138th Street at around 4am on Friday, August 1. He was 34.
The fitness professional – who worked for the personal training company SystimFit according to his Instagram – was found slumped over a toilet after being stabbed repeatedly prosecutors said in legal documents obtained by NBC 4 New York.
The publication also reports that Jacob had a gash on his head in addition to several wounds to the back of his leg including one which was deep enough to have penetrated the muscle.
His husband Donald Zieben-Hood, 40, has since been arrested according to the New York Daily News on Monday.
The model was arraigned on charges of burglary, criminal contempt, and weapons possession on Sunday, August 3.
A male model named Donald Zieben-Hood, 40, has been arrested after his husband Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead with multiple stab wounds while slumped over a toilet at their New York City apartment; they are seen in New York back in November 2018
The personal trainer was found dead at his Harlem apartment (pictured on Friday) on West 138th Street at around 4am on Friday, August 1
However, he has not been charged for the death of his husband though the case is being investigated as a homicide according to NBC 4 New York.
It has been alleged that the couple – who were married in July 2020 – had gotten into a fight at the Harlem apartment at around 7pm on Thursday, July 31 which was the night before Jacob was found dead according to court records obtained by PIX 11.
It was claimed that Jacob had called his father during the altercation and told him that his husband had been preventing him from leaving the apartment and threatening with a knife.
NBC 4 New York also reported Jacob’s father also alleged that he could hear Donald in the background of the phone call yelling at his son and calling him names.
Meanwhile, the New York Post reported that Donald had claimed that he had fallen asleep following the alleged confrontation hours before waking up around 4am to find Jacob dead.
PIX 11 reports that prosecutors claim that Donald had cut Jacob with a knife on the had and leg before calling 911.
On that call he told the operator that he had a protection order against him and he was worried that he would be arrested for violating the order.
When police arrived at the scene in the early hours of Friday morning, Donald – who officials said had three cuts on his arm that needed stitches – allegedly claimed that Jacob had attacked him with a knife, according to NBC 4 New York.
The fitness professional – who worked for the personal training company SystimFit according to his Instagram – was found slumped over a toilet after being stabbed repeatedly prosecutors said in legal documents obtained by NBC 4 New York
The publication also reports that Jacob had a gash on his head in addition to several wounds to the back of his leg including one which was deep enough to have penetrated the muscle
His husband Donald Zieben-Hood, 40, has since been arrested according to the New York Daily News on Monday. The model was arraigned on charges of burglary, criminal contempt, and weapons possession on Sunday, August 3
It has been alleged that the couple – who were married in July 2020 (pictured) – had gotten into a fight at the Harlem apartment at around 7pm on Thursday, July 31 which was the night before Jacob was found dead according to court records obtained by PIX 11
The couple has had a history of domestic abuse which dates back to 2022 cited officials to the publication.
PIX 11 also reported that prosecutors had cited that Donald has two open criminal contempt cases, including one for allegedly strangling his husband twice in one night.
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