"Obsessed" Livery Cab Driver Killed, Dismembered Woman

Police arrested Saleh Al Muwallad after discovering a woman's dismembered body in his Coney Island apartment on Sunday night. According to the Daily News, livery cab driver Al Muwallad had called 911 and told police when they arrived, "I killed her. Go inside." The victim, Jessica Guidici, was a home health care worker who lived in the neighborhood and just turned 27; apparently she was a frequent customer of Al Muwallad's. Newsday says she was stabbed in the neck and then her body was cut up and placed into four garbage bags. The NYPD said, "He made statements implicating himself, including the fact he was angry at her for seeing another man," but her friends say she was dating the same man for 9 years and was never involved with Al Mawallad. Her mother told Newsday, "He was a cab driver we called and we knew happened to be obsessed with her," while a friend said, "He had a little crush on her. We thought it was a joke.... We couldn't understand what he was saying half of the time. We would brush him off.

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By Jen Chung in News on April 28, 2009 8:12 AM

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Barbj8

He killed her because he thought she was the Octomom.

Amanda Harletsch

it is sad!

This woman was paying for a very legal and normal service and got killed, just because she happen to trust one person

Probably wanted to help him by giving him more work.

All her good intentions got destroyed by a sick misogynist that decided that she did not had any way of asserting her autonomy when turning him down... this type of males that can not accept being turned down are just social trash.

Guest

And deeming this misogyny when you really have no clue what the guy thinks about women is just DUMB! Misogyny is the hatred of women. This guy doesn't sound like he hated women at all. In fact, it sounds like he loved one to death, literally.

Amanda Harletsch

dude...really?

freddynyc

Word to the wise: Think twice before leading someone on...

Amanda Harletsch

yeah because is the victims fault!

hotstepper

off with his head!

Tgirl

he's a barbarian

Rocknrope

He had a little crush on her. We thought it was a joke....

It's all fun and games until someone gets dismembered.

CR

"We couldn't understand what he was saying half of the time. We would brush him off."

Guy's acting all weird and you don't do anything about it?

Splicer

People have to take stuff like this more seriously. It's not The Graduate and it's not a John Cusack teen movie. People who are obsessed like this are sick and can easily turn violent when their little fantasy world comes crashing down around them.