NEW YORK (AP) -- The family of a newsman who was stabbed to death in his home is asking anyone with information on his killing to come forward.
George Weber was found at his Brooklyn apartment on Sunday with his ankles bound with duct tape. Police believe he was killed Friday.
Investigators on Tuesday were trying to determine whether Weber knew his killer, and they were looking for suspects, New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said.
Weber, 47, is survived by his brother, sister and parents, all of whom live out of state. The relatives on Tuesday issued their first public comments on his death, saying they were devastated by the loss but grateful for the outpouring of support.
``He was truly a caring person who lived and was loved by all he met,'' his family said in the statement, released by his most recent employer, ABC News Radio.
The family said Weber, known as Jordy, loved New York and its people.
``His passion for radio journalism was evident from his early years and only grew the longer he worked,'' it said.
The family asked anyone with information on his killing to call authorities, and it thanked the police department for its ``tireless efforts'' to find his killer.
Weber worked for WABC for 12 years as the on-air reporter for popular shows including ``Curtis and Kuby in the Morning.'' The station let him go amid programming changes last year, and he had since worked as a freelancer for ABC News Radio, the national network. His last newscast was on March 15.
He was reported missing by his boss when he didn't show up for a shift Saturday. Police discovered him in the bedroom of his ground-floor apartment in a three-story brownstone in the sleepy Carroll Gardens neighborhood. Water was left running in a sink and a tub, possibly to clean up the crime scene, police said.
Weber was a veteran radio newsman who worked at stations including KGO in San Francisco and KTLK and KMPC in Los Angeles before moving to New York.
Anyone with information in regards to the case is asked to call 800-577-TIPS.
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