What to Know
- Diana Agudelo, 44, was attacked on a Randall’s Island bike path May 16 as she rode her bike home from work; a suspect was arrested about a week later. Agudelo remains hospitalized.
- Her daughter says it’s difficult not having clear answers from doctors. “People keep telling me to be strong for her, but it’s hard when all I want is just one more hug from my mom. I miss her deeply.”
- The suspect says he found Agudelo injured and had nothing to do with how she got that way; he was out on parole for a convicted rape after a 12-year prison sentence and said he hadn’t done anything wrong, except a turnstile hop, since his September 2024 release.
The 44-year-old mother of two brutally beaten off a bike path on Randall’s Island last month — an attack that a police chief called “one of the worst” he’s ever seen — remains hospitalized in a fight to regain her life Wednesday, while the man accused of callously leaving her unconscious is set to face a judge.
Miguel Jiraud, 30, was arrested about a week after the May 16 attack on Diana Agudelo, which happened as Agudelo rode her bike home from work at her museum job. She rode the same route every day, family said.
Jiraud has claimed to have found Agudelo injured and called 911 to report it — a claim prosecutors call a good Samaritan guise to cover up his alleged role in the violence…