At the time of her murder, Zainab was just 19 and had her whole life in front of her. Described as an energetic and happy-go-lucky person, Zainab believed in living life to the fullest and always looked forward to the future. She had an incredible bond with her sisters and was dating a Pakistani boy at the time of her demise. On June 30, , a Kingston Mills lock worker informed police that he had seen a black vehicle submerged in the water.
Once authorities reached the site, they found a black Nissan Sentra with a broken left-taillight which indicated that it was rammed into from behind. From inside the vehicle, police recovered the bodies of Zainab, Sahar, and Geeti along with year-old Rona Mohammad Amir.
Autopsies determined that they had drowned to death, and the police initially classified it as an accident. However, facts would soon reveal a heinous underlying plot that would leave the whole of Canada in shock. Initially, the police believed that the four victims had died in a tragic accident and there was no foul play involved. The distinction is huge, to say the least. By law, a youth convicted of first-degree murder cannot serve more than six years in prison—and even if prosecutors convince a judge to sentence such a youth as an adult, parole eligibility kicks in after 10 years, not Up until then, everyone in the family, Hamed included, said he came into this world on Dec.
The tazkira, however, listed a different birthdate: , one year later. They fled to Pakistan in without any government documents, the memorandum says, and after living in Peshawar for three years the family was on the move again, this time to Dubai. Hamed Shafia centre , his father Mohammad and Tooba Yahya are escorted to the Kingston courthouse in Indeed, if Hamed really was born in , it would mean the three siblings who arrived right after him—in successive years—are also 12 months younger than originally believed.
Sahar, whose gravestone marks her birthdate as Oct. Another daughter supposedly born in S. Same story for the next in line a brother, A. Although he grew up assuming he was born on Nov. Shortly before the case was to resume, lawyers, jurors, court officials and a capacity crowd of spectators were asked to leave the Frontenac County courthouse. Prosecutor Laurie Lacelle was giving her closing address to jurors managed to imbue the dead with some of the dignity they were denied in life.
The drowning of the three lovely Shafia girls and the woman who was like their second mother must have been an accident because the death scene was too bizarre to have been planned and deliberate murder. This website uses cookies to personalize your content including ads , and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Sign up. Read the Shopping Essentials newsletter for unbiased, unsponsored product recommendations every week.
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