The Queens man beaten to death with a bat in an apparent “senseless” road rage killing that followed a minor accident on the Belt Parkway Sunday was a father of two on his way home from his job at JFK, his heartbroken sister told the Daily News.
Crisanie Dockery, 47, was “on his way back home” from his job at JFK airport, his sister, Marsha Dockery, said, and wasn’t even driving the car involved in the accident. A second man, 39, suffered minor injuries to his arm, police said. Dockery’s sister said she did not know who the other victim was but believed he was her brother’s coworker.
“He left for work,” Marsha Dockery said. “We never anticipated that he would never return home.”
She pleaded with the public for witnesses to come forward as the NYPD searches for the killer.
“The family’s just in shock and hoping someone that saw something will come forward sooner rather than later,” Marsha Dockery said. “It shouldn’t have happened.”
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Crisanie Dockery, 47. (Courtesy of family)
Police responding to an assault in progress found Crisanie Dockery unconscious on the Belt Parkway at Farmers Blvd at about 1:15 a.m. Sunday, cops said. There have been no arrests, but cops are still looking for two people who fled the scene, one of whom wore a black tracksuit with a stripe on the pants. A baseball bat was recovered at the scene.
“It doesn’t matter whether it’s male or female,” Dockery said of the suspects who fled the scene. “A life has been taken.”
The brutal beating followed a confrontation over a Belt Parkway accident that the distraught sister said shouldn’t have resulted in violence.
“We were told that the accident was very minor. It’s just a tragedy how it all built up to this, someone losing their life.” Dockery said. “I honestly wouldn’t wish this on anyone.”
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Police found Crisanie Dockery unconscious on the Belt Parkway at Farmers Blvd at about 1:15 a.m. Saturday. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
Crisanie Dockery is a husband and a father of two boys ages 13 and 21, his sister said. His family is still in shock.
“Our mother is not coping well. He’s the last for her, the last child,” Marsha Dockery said. “He was well-loved. He still is.”
The heartbroken sister recalled the last conversation she had with her brother as he left for work the last time the day before he was killed.
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Crisanie Dockery. (Courtesy of family)
“As he was stepping out, he said to me, sis, I’m leaving a bit earlier. I’ll see you later,” she said. But she will never see her brother again and can only hope the investigation into the accident brings peace to her family.
“Please reach out with any information, however small,” Crisanie Dockery’s sister said through tears. “See if we can bring these people to justice.”