HIS
HIS WIFE
HIS WIFE INSIDE THEIR ORCHARD PARK TELEVISION STUDIO...
TEN YEARS AGO...
WE'VE
WE'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DO "NOT" THINK
HASSAN SHOULD BE
GIVEN A PLATFORM TO
SHARE HIS THOUGHTS.
AND AFTER A LOT OF
INTERNAL DEBATE...
WE DECIDED TO GO
AHEAD WITH THE
INTERVIEW... TO FIND
OUT IF HE HAS ANY
REMORSE FOR WHAT
HE DID... AND WHETHER
THERE'S SOMETHING
WE ALL CAN LEARN
ABOUT THIS CRIME.
THROUGHOUT THE
STORY- YOU WILL SEE
PHONE NUMBERS FOR
LOCAL GROUPS THAT
CAN HELP ANYONE
WHO IS IN AN ABUSIVE
RELATIONSHIP.
HERE IS PART 2 OF
CLAUDINE'S
CONVERSATION - WITH
MO HASSAN.
MO HASSAN.
THE
THE DEATH
THE DEATH OF A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN AND MOTHER STILL SENDS
CHILLS WHEN HER
NAME IS MENTIONED.
AASIYA HASSAN.
AN EDUCATED
BUSINESSWOMAN, AN
ARCHITECT, WHO
ALONG WITH HER
HUSBAND MUZZAMMIL
"MO" HASSAN STARTED
A TV STATION BASED IN
ORCHARD PARK CALLED
BRIDGES TV. THE
COUPLE HAD MARITAL
PROBLEMS...SHE WAS
SEEKING A
DIVORCE....HE WAS
FINALLY OUT OF THE
HOME....BUT ON
FEBRUARY 12, 2009
WHEN SHE WENT TO
DROP OFF CLOTHES
FOR HIM AT THE THE TV
STUDIO....SHE WAS
AMBUSHED.
"MO: I AM EXTREMELY
SORRY I LOVED AASIYA,
THIS TRAGEDY SHOULD
NOT HAVE HAPPENED."
BUT THROUGHOUT THIS
NEARLY TWO-HOUR
CONVERSATION THAT
STARTED WITH HIM
WALKING IN AFTER
SHAVING AND CUTTING
HIS FACE - THE REASON
FOR THE MARK ON HIS
FACE, HE CONSTANTLY
CITED RESEARCH
ABOUT BATTERED
HUSBANDS AND LASHED
OUT AT THE VERY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT
FIGHT AGAINST
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AND WORK TO HELP
VICTIMS.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS A
WOMAN WHO WAS
FIGHTING TO GET OUT
OF AN ABUSIVE
MARRIAGE IS NOW
DEAD.
"CE: WAS IT THE EASY
WAY OUT TO KILL HER?
MO: IT'S NOT
SOMETHING YOU PLAN,
YOU BREAK DOWN IT'S A
MENTAL TRAUMA."
"CLAUDINE: JUGE
FRANCZYK SAID AT
YOUR SENTENCING THAT
YOU LAID IN WAIT IN A
DARKENED HALL AND
BUTCHERED HER. MO:
OK"
"CLAUDINE: JUST
HEARING THAT
SOMEBODY BUTCHERED
SOMEONE AND TOOK
THEIR HEAD OFF MAKES
YOU CRINGE. MO: IT'S
VERY SAD AND IT'S A
SCARY OUTCOME AND
I'M VERY SORRY FOR
THAT."
"CE: ARE YOU BEING
TREATED, ARE YOU
GETTING HELP, MENTAL
HELP FOR YOU? MO: I
HAVE NO NEED FOR
MENTAL HEALTH."
"CLAUDINE: MO HASSAN
IS SERVING A 25-YEAR
TO LIFE SENTENCE HERE
AT THE CLINTON
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
IN DANNEMORA, NY. HE
CLAIMS THAT HE'S THE
VICTIM, HE'S ALREADY
APPEALED ONCE, HE
LOST IT AND HE'S
PLANNING YET ANOTHER
APPEAL."
HIS TWO OLDEST
CHILDREN FROM A
PREVIOUS MARRIAGE
ARE IN THEIR LATE 20'S.
THE YOUNGEST
CHILDREN WITH AASIYA
ARE NOW TEENS LIVING
IN PAKISTAN WITH
THEIR MATERNAL
RELATIVES.
"CLAUDINE: YOUR
CHILDREN. YOU HAVE NO
CONTACT WITH THEM,
HOW DOES THAT MAKE
YOU FEEL? MO: VERY
VERY HURTFUL, IT PAINS
ME VERY MUCH. LIKE
THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY THEY HAVE
BEEN BRAINWASHED.
CE: DO YOU HAVE
PICTURES OF THEM IN
YOUR CELL. MO: I DO
AND FOR A WHILE I
WOULD
WOULD PUT
WOULD PUT THEM ON THE WALL, BUT IT MAKES ME FEEL SO BADLY THAT
I CAN NOT FUNCTION OR
DO ANYTHING ELSE, SO I
PUT THEM AWAY, BUT I
MISS THEM VERY MUCH
AND I LOVE THEM VERY,
VERY MUCH."
"CLAUDINE: I JUST SAW
AN ARTICLE IN THE
BUFFALO NEWS AND IT
WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
PIX OF YOUR WIFE."
"MO: WHAT YOU'RE
SEEING IS A PICTURE,
WHAT YOU'RE NOT
SEEING IS WHAT WAS
BEING DONE TO ME
BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS."
AGAIN....HE RATTLES
OFF RESEARCH AND
STUDIES AND
CONSIDERS HIMSELF A
VICTIM...BUT AASIYA
HASSAN WAS THE REAL
VICTIM....A MOTHER
KILLED AT THE AGE OF
36. HER DEATH HAS
SERVED AS A WAKE UP
CALL FOR VICTIMS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
TO STEP FORWARD AND
GET HELP.
CLAUDINE EWING -
CHANNEL 2 NEWS
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
WE
WE CANNOT
WE CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH.... IF YOU ARE SOMEONE IN AN
ABUSIVE
RELATIONSHIP... USE
THIS STORY AS A
WARNING AND REACH
OUT FOR HELP.
WE SPOKE WITH AMY
TRABERT FROM ERIE
COUNTY'S HIGH RISK
TEAM.
THEY OPERATE HAVEN
HOUSE.
SHE GAVE US THIS
ADVISE FOR ANYONE
WHO THINKS THEY'RE
IN DANGER...
"SOMETIMES I WOULD
SAY DO YOU HAVE TO
CALL 911. ARE YOU IN
IMMEDIATE DANGER OR
IS SAFETY AN IMMEDIATE
CONCERN RIGHT NOW, I
WOULD SUGGEST 911. IF
IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE
LOOKING FOR
RESOURCES, LOOKING
TO TALK TO SOMEONE,
LOOKING FOR ANSWERS,
I WOULD SUGGEST OUR
HOTLINE.IF YOU'RE
THINKING ABOUT JUST
RIGHT NOW HOW CAN I
KEEP SAFE, OUR
ADVOCATES AND US
CONSTANTLY GO OVER
SAFE SPOTS WITH OUR
CLIENTS JUST ABOUT
EVEN IN THEIR OWN
HOUSE WHERE THERE'S
A SPACE THEY COULD BE
SAFE AND WHO TO CALL
TO.
THE NUMBER TO CALL
IS ON THE SCREEN.
AND WE HAVE A LIST OF
RESOURCES RIGHT
NOW ON OUR WEBSITE.
STRAIGHT
STRAIGHT AHEAD... WHAT'S CAUSING