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Saudi Sisters Found Dead & Duct Taped Together Died By Suicide
Refinert29 ^ | January 23, 2019 | Leah Carroll

Posted on 01/23/2019 4:38:20 PM PST by Jyotishi

Medical examiners in New York have ruled that the mysterious deaths of two sisters found dead and duct taped together on the banks of the Hudson River was a double suicide. The cause of death was drowning.

The bodies of Rotana Ferea, 23 and Tala Farea, 16 were discovered on October, 24 2018 near the George Washington Bridge. They were quickly identified as Saudi citizens who had gone missing from a shelter-like facility, possibly for abused women, in Fairfax, Virginia in August.

"Today, my office determined that the death of the Farea sisters was the result of suicide, in which the young women bound themselves together before descending into the Hudson River," Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Barbara Sampson said in a statement on Tuesday.

The sisters' bodies were found both wearing black leggings and fur-trimmed jackets. They were bound together loosely with duct tape at the waist and ankles. A witness reported seeing the Fareas earlier that day praying loudly and holding their heads in their hands near the area where it's believed they then walked into the water, intentionally drowning themselves.

The sisters had allegedly applied for asylum in the United States in the months before their death and been denied. At a press conference, NYPD Detective Dermot F. Shea reported that while that Fairfax, VA facility the women had said they would rather inflict harm upon themselves than return to Saudi Arabia. They also alleged abuse by their mother, father, and brother.

After leaving Fairfax in August, the Fareas made their way to New York City where they stayed in high end hotels and ordered takeout meals on a credit card in Rotana's name. Around October, shortly before they died by suicide, police believe the "money started to run out" as they reached the limit on the card.

The Farea sisters' death -- along with the story of Rahaf Mohammed, an 18-year-old Saudi citizen who fled her family and found asylum in Canada -- has drawn negative attention to Saudi Arabian guardianship laws. These restrictions include the requirement that women have the permission of a male to travel. Advocates say this can trap women in abusive situations.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: arab; arabia; domestic; fairfaxcounty; hudson; islam; muslim; muslimwomen; nyc; nypd; police; saudi; suicide; violence; virginia; woman
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Appears to be murder.
1 posted on 01/23/2019 4:38:20 PM PST by Jyotishi
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To: Jyotishi

Yeah, sure, it was suicide.......


2 posted on 01/23/2019 4:39:49 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Jyotishi

I wonder how much the medical examiner was paid?


3 posted on 01/23/2019 4:41:01 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies when Democrats decide only elections they win are valid.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin; null and void

What information did they have on the Democrats and/or Hillary?

Wait, that’s just a nut-job tinfoil conspiracy by me.

Carry on, everyone.


4 posted on 01/23/2019 4:41:05 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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You know I almost asked if they had any connection to the Clinton’s.


5 posted on 01/23/2019 4:42:49 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Jyotishi

What did they have on Hillary?


6 posted on 01/23/2019 4:43:13 PM PST by sport
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
[I wonder how much the medical examiner was paid?]

Apparently, enough. Or he got some other "message".

Oh there I go again...sorry about that. I like the Pork Pie, myself.


7 posted on 01/23/2019 4:43:15 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Nah - see, Trump did it because they were denied asylum.


8 posted on 01/23/2019 4:43:26 PM PST by Skywise
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To: Lurkinanloomin

We have plenty of foil for everyone!

Now, nobody mention Seth Rich.

Oops.


9 posted on 01/23/2019 4:44:04 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Jyotishi

Of course if they both had been shot...twice...in the back of the head...that would have been suicide as well.


10 posted on 01/23/2019 4:44:18 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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To: Jyotishi

I wonder if the medical Examiner has stock in Aramco.Or perhaps she’s been contacted by a shadowy Saudi “diplomat”.


11 posted on 01/23/2019 4:46:01 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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Yeah, sure, it was suicide.......

Arkancide?

12 posted on 01/23/2019 4:46:22 PM PST by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD.... And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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“The sisters’ bodies were found both wearing black leggings and fur-trimmed jackets. They were bound together loosely with duct tape at the waist and ankles. A witness reported seeing the Fareas earlier that day praying loudly and holding their heads in their hands near the area where it’s believed they then walked into the water, intentionally drowning themselves”.


13 posted on 01/23/2019 4:49:45 PM PST by Beowulf9
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“they then walked into the water,”

with duct tape around their ankles they walked into the water?


14 posted on 01/23/2019 4:50:29 PM PST by b4me (God Bless the USA)
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"The sisters had allegedly applied for asylum in the United States in the months before their death and been denied."

Suicide, when they were a stone's throw from a sanctuary city?


15 posted on 01/23/2019 4:50:31 PM PST by Baynative ("A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John Barrymore)
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and presumably the suicidal sisters also shot themselves six times each in the back of their heads


16 posted on 01/23/2019 4:52:00 PM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians arent born, they’re excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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Somebody should have told them if you want “asylum” in the U.S., you have to come from one of the Hispanic ****holes south of the border. If you aren’t from south of the border, you aren’t from a ****hole and you don’t need asylum.


17 posted on 01/23/2019 4:52:27 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: Jyotishi

When they outlaw Duct Tape, only outlaws will have Duck Tape.


18 posted on 01/23/2019 4:52:41 PM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians arent born, they’re excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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"with duct tape around their ankles they walked into the water?"

The article says it was taped "loosely," which could allow for some movement. However, I'm not sure why two women contemplating suicide would do such a thing; what's the point of it?
19 posted on 01/23/2019 4:54:31 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: faithhopecharity

One would have thought they would have floated because of the duck tape..../s


20 posted on 01/23/2019 4:55:53 PM PST by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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