Phil Vetrano, who found his daughter Karina's body after she was murdered on a Queens running path a decade ago, has shared a message of solidarity and advice with the father of Katie Suarez, a jogger recently stabbed in Brooklyn.

Suarez, 28, was found brain-dead after being stabbed in the neck while running on a Brooklyn waterfront promenade on Friday. Vetrano drew parallels between Suarez's case and his own family's tragedy, emphasizing the importance of pursuing justice.

"Do not stop it — make it your life mission" to get justice, Vetrano told the New York Post. He expressed disbelief at the similarities, noting that, like himself, Suarez's father discovered his daughter after she didn't meet him as planned. "It's crazy, it sounds familiar — son of a bitch," Vetrano said of Suarez's attacker.

In 2016, Phil Vetrano searched for his daughter Karina, then 30, when she didn't return from a run in Spring Creek Park. He found her body shortly after, and her random attacker was eventually caught and convicted.

Vetrano believes that public outrage over Suarez's attack can fuel the search for her killer. "It has to go viral like Karina went viral," he said, recalling how he dedicated himself entirely to finding his daughter's attacker.

He urged Suarez's father to rally public support, stating, "You gotta get public outcry. You have to get people standing up, not forgetting about it, because once it gets swept under the rug, it's just another little girl that gets killed."

Vetrano offered to speak with Suarez's father, understanding the unique pain of such a loss. "People say, ‘Yeah, I understand.’ No, you don’t understand. Only I understand, and he understands," Vetrano said. "And if he needs somebody to talk to, to help him get through his life, I am willing to speak to him."

He also spoke of the devastating moment of discovery, recalling, "In one instant, you don’t believe what you’re seeing — you think, ‘This is not real.’"

Vetrano finds solace in knowing his daughter lived a full life, describing her as someone who "lived her life as if she was dying" and pursued her passions, including her work as a tutor and speech pathologist and her aspirations as a writer and actress.