George Weber

WABC radio newsman George Weber found stabbed to death in Brooklyn apartment

BY Jonathan Lemire And Helen Kennedy
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Sunday, March 22nd 2009, 3:00 PM

Radio newsman George Weber was found stabbed to death in his Brooklyn apartment this morning, cops said.

Weber, a radio anchor at ABC News who was a longtime newsman at WABC radio before being laid off last year, was found just after 9 a.m. when friends told cops he hadn't shown up for work.

Police believe he died Friday evening, based on the condition of the body.

Weber, 57, was found in his bed with several stab wounds in his neck and upper torso.

The brownstone apartment along Henry Street in Cobble Hill had been ransacked. There was no sign of forced entry, and no weapon was recovered.

Calling himself "the news guy," Weber maintained a lively blog and his last entry, a rant about his battles with bedbugs, was posted Friday morning.

Weber, a Pennyslvania native, worked his way up in the radio business, paying his dues at KIMN, KOA and KTLK in Denver, KMPC and KABC in Los Angeles, KGO in San Francisco and KOGO in San Diego.

He spent nearly a decade at WABC before being laid off a year ago, and he had been working as a radio anchor at ABC NEWS.