Coworkers of dead NYC fitness trainer Jacob Zieben

Fitness trainer and social media influencer Jacob Zieben-Hood, who bled to death in the bathroom of his Harlem apartment from stab wounds to his leg, was frequently seen with black eyes and a bruised nose at the Manhattan gym where he worked in the months leading up to his tragic death, multiple long-time colleagues of the victim told the Daily News.

Zieben-Hood always had an explanation for the marks on his face and arms, blaming his injuries on bad falls and street fights when questioned by his co-workers.

But as pathologists with the city’s chief medical examiner’s office work to determine how the stab wounds that Jacob Zieben-Hood suffered were inflicted, his co-workers said they believe their late colleague hid a years-long pattern of abuse at the hands of his husband as he strugg