Man charged in 2012 fatal stabbing says newly released video clears him of murder

A man charged with a fatal 2012 stabbing in the Bronx claims that newly released surveillance video clears him of the murder — but his bid for freedom was busted again on Friday.

“They don’t know what to do. They keep delaying and delaying,” Enger Javier told reporters after a hearing in Bronx Supreme Court, where prosecutors refused to drop charges that he is one of two men who stabbed 20-year-old Hansell Arias to death in a McDonald’s parking lot.

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Javier, 25, was arrested soon after the Aug. 2012 killing. He was an admitted member of the Dominican Trinitario gang who had served time for gun possession, though he had not been convicted of a violent crime.

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His camp believes that video from a nearby auto repair shop shows Javier walking with a soda cup while a group of men chase the wounded victim down Webster Ave. in Claremont.

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The video was collected within hours of the murder, according to police documents, but prosecutors finally turned the footage over to Javier’s defense attorney in December.

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“They have had evidence for years that exonerates him, and done nothing,†said Manuel Gomez, a private eye who says he has been investigating the case pro-bono because he is convinced of Javier’s innocence.

The victim’s brother, Jansell Arias, said he still believes Javier killed Hansell, who was preparing to study business at a local community college when he was killed.

“I’m 100% sure he had something to do with this,†Arias, 24, told the Daily News.

Javier was held at Rikers Island for two years after the killing, but the court released him with an ankle bracelet in 2014 after a test proved that it was not his DNA found under the victim’s fingernails.

WITH CHAUNCEY ALCORN