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I'm not believing this one.
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Sorry, but this smacks of a 'round up the usual suspects' cover-up by the authorities.
I have it from a Copt who attends our Eastern Orthodox (Rum, that is, for folks in the know about Christianity in the Middle East) mission when he doesn't make the 2.5 hour trek to the nearest Coptic church, that the Coptic community in NJ know who the killers are. Evidently the Armanious family were instrumental in the conversion of an Egyptian woman from Islam to Christianity, and shortly after the murders all of her still-Muslim relatives returned to Egypt.
The lack of forced entry was because the killers convinced the Armanious's that they were interested in a Bible study, and were welcomed into the home.
OTOH, maybe, these are the two guys who did OJ's wife and Vince Foster.
"They was dead when we got there; we just took their stuff!"
Robert Spencer will just invent some new "Muslim outrage" to post on Jihadwatch for his sheep.
That's what keeps them happy and buying books.
http://1010wins.com/topstories/local_story_063073525.html
(1010 WINS) (JERSEY CITY) The upstairs neighbor of an Egyptian Christian family found slain in their home in January was charged Friday, along with another man, in the murders.
Edward McDonald, 25, who rented a second-floor apartment above Hossam Armanious and his family, pleaded not guilty to four counts of felony murder. Hamilton Sanchez, 30, faces the same charges and also pleaded not guilty.
Sanchez during a court hearing began crying as he stood before a judge, his hands cuffed behind his back.
"I didn't kill nobody. I didn't kill nobody, man. I didn't kill nobody, people," Sanchez said, as he was led from the courtroom. McDonald stared at the floor during the hearing.
Both men, who were on parole for different drug offenses, were ordered held on $10 million cash bail.
Authorities said Armanious, 47; his wife, Amal Garas, 37, and their children -- Sylvia, 15, and Monica, 8 -- were slain three days before their bodies were found Jan. 14.
Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said the killings took place in the course of a robbery by the two men, who owed a large sum of money to a person whom DeFazio would not identify.
Police went to the Armanious home after relatives were unable to contact the family for several days. All four victims were found bound and gagged with puncture wounds to their throats.
DeFazio said that during the robbery Monica Armanious had managed to loosen the bonds with which she was bound and gagged and recognized McDonald as the upstairs tenant. McDonald killed her out of fear of being identified and Sanchez killed the other three people, DeFazio said.
McDonald was taken into custody Thursday and charged later that night. Sanchez was arrested Thursday night and charged Friday.
Developments in the slayings had intensified in recent days as authorities revealed that thousands of dollars had been withdrawn from Armanious' bank account using his ATM card in the days after the slayings.
McDonald's aunt, who would only identify herself by her first name, Marie, told The Star-Ledger of Newark that he was not involved in the slayings.
"He's innocent," she said in Friday's newspapers. "He's not that kind of person."
The slayings created tension between Christians and Muslims here and in northern New Jersey. The Armaniouses were Coptic Christians, and Hossam Armanious frequented Internet chat rooms, posting opinions under the user name "I Love Jesus."
Friends of the family speculated that he might have angered Muslims with those online posts, and many Coptics in New Jersey and elsewhere blamed Islamic extremists for the killings.
"I'd like to make one thing perfectly clear: The motive for these murders was robbery. This was a crime based on greed, the desperate need of money," DeFazio said.
The killers haven't been caught. It's a cover-up in progress. The pols and LEOs are handing-off the the blame to non-islamics for the beheadings. They're afraid for their families' safety.
This crap is just starting. Get ready; it's going to be a *bumpy ride*, S.
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Detectives picked up the man, identified by a relative as Edward McDonald, 25, after reviewing surveillance videos from ATMS in Jersey City and Manhattan, WABC-TV and WNBC-TV reported. Despite his claim of innocence, Hamilton Sanchez has now been charged with felony murder, along with 25-year-old Edward McDonald, who according to police came up with the plan to rob his downstairs neighbor. |
| Ex-Cons Accused of Brutally Murdering Family |
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| Two Arrested In Slaying Of Jersey City Family |
New Jersey Department of Corrections records show that on Feb. 22, 2002, McDonald was sentenced to three years in the slammer for distributing drugs on school property.
He was paroled on Sept. 9, 2003, after serving about 18 months.
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McDonald and Sanchez???? I bet they were not Muslims, sound very Catholic to me, IMHO.
I almost don't believe these are the killers.
"...and that, my children, is the story of the little FReepers who cried 'Muslim!'"
"Daddy, Daddy, tell us again about how the little FReepers cried out about the beheaded man at the theater..."
"Now, now, children...if I have to go through the stories again, you'll be up all night!"
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Sounds more like some Islamic nut jobs set up some ignorant locals to take the fall. I'm not trusting this. Druggies don't put that much effort into killing their victims. Besides, most druggies are NOT murderers.
I hear "girlfriend" sometimes, and in other reports it was the alleged murderer's "wife"...did he get married recently?
I don't believe this for a NY minute...
I don't know ...
"DeFazio said that during the robbery Monica Armanious had managed to loosen the bonds with which she was bound and gagged and recognized McDonald as the upstairs tenant. McDonald killed her out of fear of being identified and Sanchez killed the other three people, DeFazio said."
This isn't sitting right with me. Why kill the entire family?