Iraqi Hate Crime Murder Probe Raises Questions About Daughter, Husband [View all]
Source: ABC
By COLLEEN CURRY
April 5, 2012
Police investigating the murder of an Iraqi mother in southern California, initially thought to be a hate crime, have filed papers with a court that suggest the mother had a difficult relationship with her daughter and her husband.
The beating death last month of Shaima Alawadi, 32, of El Cajon, shook the Iraqi-American community when her family reported that a note was found next to Alawadi's body, reportedly saying "go back to your own country, you terrorist."
Alawadi's 17-year-old daughter, Fatima, told police that a similar note had been found a week prior to the murder, but the mother thought of it as a joke and threw it away. Court documents now show that the note was a copy of an original, and the earlier note has never been seen.
The family, including Fatima and Alawadi's husband, are now in Iraq, where they went for Alawadi's burial.
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