Movie star’s sister’s six chilling words before setting ex-boyfriend’s home on fire, killing him and a female friend
A movie star’s sister is facing charges for allegedly setting her ex-boyfriend’s house on fire and killing him and a friend.
New York City prosecutors allege that Aliya Fakhri, 43, the sister of actress Nargis Fakhri, arrived at the front door of a two-story detached garage behind her ex-boyfriend Edward Jacobs’ home around 6:20 a.m. on November 2.
Fakhri, tHen is said to have shouted at 35-year-old Jacobs: ‘You are all going to die today.’
At that moment she allegedly set fire to the garage he was converting into an apartment. according to the New York Post.
His girlfriend, Anastasia ‘Star’ Ettienne, 33, was then alerted to the fire and initially tried to escape, but later returned upstairs in an attempt to wake Jacobs, who was still sleeping.
‘We smelled something sweet burning’, a man who lived with Jacobs in the garage, but managed to escape the fire unharmed told the New York Daily News.
“We ran outside and the couch was on fire and we had to jump over it. We had to jump. I had to jump to get out.
‘Star jumped over it with me, but she went back to save [Eddie]. He was still dizzy when she woke him up.”
Jacobs and Ettienne were subsequently trapped inside as the flames spread, and died of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries.
Anastasia ‘Star’ Ettienne, 33, and Edward Jacobs, 35, died of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries after being trapped in a garage. Jacobs’ ex-girlfriend was allegedly set on fire
The suspect, Aliya Fakhri, 43, is the sister of actress Nargis Fakhri
Meanwhile, Fakhri reportedly shouted, “I don’t care if you die!” as she fled the scene.
Aliya Fakhri is the sister of Nargis Fakhri, a well-known Bollywood actress known in the US for her starring role in the 2015 film Spy, starring Jude Law, Jason Statham and Melissa McCarthy.
Friends and family members say the 43-year-old Queens resident was motivated to kill Jacobs after he rejected attempts to rekindle their relationship.
His mother explained that he had broken up with Fakhri about a year ago, but she still pursued him.
“Like any other person who gets rejected, he let her know, like, ‘Yo, I’m done with you. Get away from me,’” Jacobs’ mother, Janet, told the Post.
‘He’s been trying to tell her to leave him alone for a year, but she wouldn’t accept the rejection.
“They broke up a year ago,” she added.
Sad-e Jean Baptiste, 26, also told the Daily News that Fakhri had previously threatened to kill Jacobs.
“She told a few people that the next time she sees him with another girl, ‘I swear I’m going to set him on fire,’” he claimed.
But Jacobs’ mother insists he and Ettienne were just friends.
Nargis is a well-known Bollywood actress known in the US for her starring role in the 2015 film Spy (poster photo), starring Jude Law, Jason Statham and Melissa McCarthy
Prosecutors say Fakhri shouted at 35-year-old Jacobs, “You’re all going to die today” before setting the detached garage on fire
Janet noted that her son leaves behind 11-year-old twins and another 9-year-old son, while Ettienne’s family demands justice.
“She was a loving person who did not deserve this,” the family said wrote in an online fundraiser for her funeral expenses. “She died trying to save someone else.
“Please help me get justice and send her home as she wanted.”
Fakhri was eventually arrested on November 26 and indicted by a grand jury the next day on four counts of first-degree murder, four counts of second-degree murder, and one count of first-degree arson and one count of arson in the first degree. second degree.
She faces a possible life sentence on the charges and is due back in court on Monday.