PHILADELPHIA — In what can be described as a sign of our times, a homicide suspect is accused of beating his girlfriend to death and calling an Uber to take her to a hospital. He has been charged with murder, according to police records.
Police said Nicholas Forman buckled 22-year-old Sabrina Harooni’s injured body into an Uber on Monday and had the driver take them to a hospital, TRIBLIVE reported.
Harooni was pronounced dead at the hospital from injuries to her face, head and neck.
As a result, the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office declared the young woman’s death a homicide.
Consequently, Forman, 23, was arrested Thursday afternoon. He has been charged with first- and third-degree murder.
A defiant Forman denied the charges to reporters as he was led from his home in cuffs. He claimed Harooni had been attacked by a group of women.
Nevertheless, the affadavit details another account from an Uber driver who drove the couple home and told police they got into a heated dispute regarding text messages from Harooni’s ex-boyfriend, reported TRIBLIVE.
Police found a video on Forman’s cell phone, which was apparently recorded shortly before midnight Sunday. It appeared to show Harooni unresponsive and lying on her back. DA Kevin Steele said a man’s voice can be heard saying, “This is what a cheating liar gets.”
Authorities told the Associated Press on Friday that they don’t know if Forman has an attorney yet or if will be appointed a public defender. He maintained his innocence Thursday to journalists in a profane laden denial as he was loaded in the police unit.
