The arraignment for the man accused of killing Cash App co-founder Bob Lee has been pushed back one week.
The arraignment of Nima Momeni had been scheduled for Tuesday, but defense attorneys asked for more time to prepare. The arraignment will now take place May 2.
Mr. Momeni has been held without bail since his arrest earlier this month.
Lee was stabbed to death in the wealthy Rincon Hill neighborhood of San Francisco on April 4. The news shocked the tech world and many initially reported the news as a random tragic murder in a city with a violent crime problem.
But when Mr. Momeni was arrested a little over a week later, authorities described him as an associate of Lee, saying he was in a car with Lee before he was killed.
Documents from the San Francisco district attorney’s Office lay out a detailed timeline of the whereabouts of Lee and Mr. Momeni on the night of the murder. Lee was seen that night by a witness at an apartment with a woman identified as Mr. Momeni’s sister.
The witness was unsure whether Lee and the woman were in an intimate relationship.
After, Lee and the witness retreated to a hotel room where they were joined by Mr. Momeni. According to a witness, Mr. Momeni asked Lee whether his sister had done anything inappropriate, to which Lee responded that she had not.
Lee was next seen entering the apartment of Mr. Momeni’s sister at around 12:30 a.m. on April 4, where Mr. Momeni was waiting. Security camera footage shows Lee and Mr. Momeni leaving the apartment together at around 2 a.m. The two then drove together, in Mr. Momeni’s car, to a secluded location where the authorities say the killing took place. The knife used to kill Lee was found in the same area.
Prosecutors believe that the documents and the rather unique murder weapon, a kitchen knife, provide proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Lee’s murder was premeditated by Mr. Momeni.
“This is a person who was in his vehicle with a kitchen knife. That’s not something most of us carry around at all times with us,” San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jennings said after the arrest.
Defense attorney Paula Canny, told KNTV that Mr. Momeni is not guilty.
“There’s so much more to this and a much greater backstory than is disclosed at all in the government’s pleadings,” she said.
• Vaughn Cockayne can be reached at vcockayne@washingtontimes.com.
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