Man, 20, Charged In Beating Death Of His Aunt, Troy Physician

TROY, MI – A 20-year-old man has been charged with first degree in murder in the death of his aunt, Dr. Rubab Huq. Police allege that Nayir Masrur bludgeoned Huq to death with a 15-pound dumbbell in her basement on Monday.

Masrur was arraigned on Wednesday and is being held without bail.

Troy police received a 911 call for an ambulance to Huq's Shoreline Drive home at 2:30 p.m. Monday for a severely injured woman. Police and medics arrived and found Huq dead. Police also received an earlier call about Masrur, notifying police that he was missing and in an agitated state.

After officers arrived at Huq's home, Marsur jumped from a second-story window and fled through the neighborhood, police said. Within an hour, officers with a K9 found Marsur hiding in a marshy area near the home where the alleged homicide occurred.

A “lockdown” was ordered at four area schools during the search for the suspect, police said. The schools included Smith Middle School, Larson Middle School, Troy Union Elementary School and Wass Elementary School.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Huq's son, Farhan Huq, memorialized his mother, noting that "I really lost my everything. My best friend. My trusted confidant."

"She was a real-life wonder woman who somehow, magically, could really do it all," Farhan Huq wrote. "My mom only knew a life of struggle, with quiet, gracious perseverance. Though she was fiesty at times, she would do things honestly, fairly, and support just causes. She would help needy families, without hesitation opening her checkbook for charity, and labored intensely to found the [American Muslim Diversity Association] mosque that is minutes from our house."

Funeral services for Huq will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday at the AMDA Masjid at 44760 Ryan Road in Sterling Heights. Burial will follow in the White Chapel Cemetery at 621 W. Long Lake Road in Troy.

Photo: Mugshot of Nayir Masrur, 20, provided by Troy Police.