Landlord murdered, 'nearly beheaded' by tenant in New York The alleged killer, Mohammed Siddiquee. That's how accused killer Mohammed Siddiquee responded to reporters yesterday when they asked whether he'd murdered his landlord. A handcuffed Siddiquee, 27, was being led out of a police station in New York when he made the startling statement, The NY Daily News reports. Just hours earlier, local police arrested the young man as he tried to flee the United States. Sources told the Daily News Siddiquee was about to hop on a plane to Kuwait, and was then planning to board another bound for his native Bangladesh. The rushed escape plan was necessary because Siddiquee had allegedly killed his landlord, Mahuddin Mahmud, in a fit of rage on Monday night. Mr Mahmud's wife and brother found the 57-year-old landlord dead and nearly decapitated in the basement office of his New York apartment building. Mr Mahmud's face had been burned and his throat had been deeply cut. He left behind three children, aged 20, nine and four. When police captured Siddiquee at Kennedy Airport on Tuesday night, he reportedly told officers that Mr Mahmud had "humiliated and teased" him because he didn't have much money. Investigators were able to make the arrest in time because Siddiquee used his own credit card to purchase the plane ticket, sources said. Siddiquee has been charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon.