Sierra Leonean in New York train murder charge

A 30-year-old Sierra Leonean drifter, Naeem Davishas been charged with the murder of 58-year-old Ki-Suk Han, US media reports indicate. Han was pushed to his death on Monday afternoon, December 3, at the 49th street subway station in midtown Manhattan, crushed by an oncoming Q train. Davis went to the US as a refugee from Sierra Leone according to the New York Post. He spent his early time in the US living rough on the streets of South Philadelphia. He was apprehended last week when he was spotted by a transit cop who was on a coffee break. After being taken to the Midtown North precinct, Davis was questioned by investigators. Allegedly he implicated himself in the killing through several statements. Davis was living on the streets at the time of the arrest. One vendor from the 49th street area, Esran Shanbi, told the New York Post: He’s homeless. He sleeps in a chair or milk crate or on cardboard on 49th Street. I’ve seen him around for years. He looks shifty; he looks sick. But I’ve never seen him in a fight. Davis, arrived in the US as a refugee from Sierra Leone according to the New York Post, spent his early time in the US living rough on the streets of South Philadelphia. He was taken into foster care at the age of 7 and diagnosed as suffering from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, a mental illness brought on by the high level of alcohol consumption of his mother during pregnancy. Members of extended Scialabba family. Marybeth (center), the family's biological daughter, is a liver cancer and has won Scouting's highest female honor, Young Woman of Distinction, which led to her meeting George W. Bush in 2001 and an appearance on Good Morning America. As well as being due in court this week on charges relating to sleeping on a park bench, he has an outstanding charge pending for smoking marijuana in public. Since March 2010 there have been five charges against Davis in New York. In Pennsylvania, Davis had more serious charges for receiving stolen property, theft from a vehicle, and burglary. In September 2002, Davis was arrested for stealing three laptop computers from police cars, for which he received a year of probation after pleading guilty. Allegedly, Davis had stashed the clothes he was wearing at the time of the subway incident and spent Monday night sleeping in a van, hiding from NYPD. He then shaved off his short dreadlocks trying to disguise his appearance; he was bald-headed when apprehended. After shoving Han, Davis allegedly remained in the station and watched as the southbound Q train crushed his victim. The New York Post reports that Davis and Han bumped into each other on the steps leading down to the station. The argument continued on the platform. Davis allegedly told police: He wouldn’t leave me alone, so I pushed him. I saw him get hit by the train.” Though the Daily News contradicts that report: Davis admitted that he was in the midtown subway station when he and Han bumped into each other on the platform. Like his victim, Davis' last known address was in a working-class neighborhood in Queens. Neighbors say he moved out six months ago. No other address has been listed for him since then. A neighbor who remembered Davis, Charles Dawes, 80, who lives with his son two doors from where Davies stayed, told AP: [Davis] came and went, came and went, and he always looked serious, but I haven't seen him for three or four months." Esran Shanbi, the vendor who identified Davis as being homeless, said: Sometimes, he wants a free hot dog or soda, so I give it to him. He makes about $20 to $40 a day.” Davis made his living pushing carts for vendors, for $5 or $10, to a garage on 48th Street. The body of Ki-Suk Han is taken from the scene. His daughter Ashley told reporters: "He was just always there for me. It's just devastating that he's gone."