Update: BMW Trunk Victim In Coma, On Ventilator

Victim Akeem Ajimotokan

Akeem Ajimotokan, the 33-year-old man who was found beaten, his ear nearly sliced off, and stuffed in the back of his own BMW, is still in critical condition today. According to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, he is in a coma and breathing with the aid of a ventilator; his family members flew into NYC yesterday to see Ajimotokan, a lawyer who works at Columbia University. Police believe Ajimotokan was assualted by the BMW-obsessed Barion A. Blake, who answered an advertisement the victim had posted on the web offering to sell his car.

According to Kelly, Blake "had some discussions with his wife" about having done something awful that would cause his life to end, and also threatened to shoot himself. The Times wonders whether this is an example of how the internet can be used by criminals to "case the joint" before a crime: "This is expected to happen more and more, because of the anonymity of the Internet...[Bad guys] can sit home and basically do surveillance on who’s got what to sell. And there is no vetting that you can do, or that is done,” said Michael A. L. Balboni, who was a top public safety aide to two governors.

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By Ben Yakas in News on January 29, 2011 6:16 PM

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TheRealCannibal

He should have called Big Bucks Auto...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

JusMe8

I believe there is more to this story that no one will know until they hear from Mr. Blake. There is video footage of the alleged victim removing plates from the vehicle and driving with Mr. Blake in the car without plates..humph I mean come on if you are going to steal a car from someone are you really going to beat them up and put them in the back of the car your you want...PROBABLY NOT!!!

nowjustaminute

You should follow this story closely so that you can realize how ridiculous your comment is.

Rocknrope

...found beaten, his ear nearly sliced off, and stuffed in the back of his own BMW

Goddamn, sounds like Blake has watched Reservoir Dogs one too many times.

airtech1

That and -- Blake's obsessed with Ray Liotta's character in Goodfellas. Probably looping that film on his laptop to, er, death.

Xwendekar

Seriously, NYT? We're blaming internet advertising for this one? That's the angle you're going with?
This guy is a fucking psycho. He could have just as easily beaten the hell out of a perfect stranger who'd placed an ad in the newspaper, or put up a flier on a telephone pole, or posted an ad on a campus bulletin board. I guess no one should ever advertise anything for sale again in any widely available public media.