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pictures of family gunned down Christmas day by estranged husband and father dressed in Santa suit
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 27 Dec 2011 | Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 12/27/2011 7:40:43 AM PST by smokingfrog

The crazed gunman dressed in a Santa suit who gunned down two families while they were opening their presents on Christmas morning was the father and estranged husband of three of his victims.

Aziz Yazdanpanah, who had separated from his wife in March, is believed to have opened fire at an apartment in Grapevine, Dallas - just after the family opened their gifts - before turning the gun on himself.

Just hours before the families were killed, the group had thrown a large Christmas Eve party at their ranch. Dozens of friends and relatives celebrated late into the night, according to WFAA8.com.

Friends say Yazdanpanah, 56, likely showed up unexpectedly the next morning as he had not been invited to the party.

The victims have been identified as Nasrin Rahmaty, 55, the wife of the gunman, who worked at a nearby salon.

The couple's two children were also killed. Friends say Nona Yazdanpanah, 19, was a student at Tarrant County Community College and her brother, Ali, 15, was a student at Colleyville Heritage High School.

Yazdanpanah also killed his sister-in-law's family. Zohreh Rahmaty, 58, who was Nasrin's sister, and her husband, Hossein Zarei, 59. Their daughter Sahra Zarei, 22, was also shot.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: grapevine; muslims; santamurder; yazdanpanah
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To: smokingfrog
From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:

"[T]he family was Muslim but celebrated Christmas as a cultural holiday. The parents were originally from Iran."

21 posted on 12/27/2011 8:02:28 AM PST by twister881
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To: freedumb2003

dittos


22 posted on 12/27/2011 8:05:50 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: al baby
The daughter was kinda hot

Now she's kinda cold

23 posted on 12/27/2011 8:05:54 AM PST by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: freedumb2003
Dallas News reports:

Neighbors said the family was Muslim

but had always hung Christmas lights on their home — except this year.
The dad disapproved of a daughter's boyfriend.
24 posted on 12/27/2011 8:07:43 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: freedumb2003

The comments on this thread show, as you correctly point out, how stupid and ignorant some people on FR are. I wish JimRob would expel people from this board based on stupid comments.

I live in a suburb that borders Grapevine. This has nothing to do with religion. They were all Christians.

This had to do with Bankruptcy. Father got bankrupt, their VERY upscale home in Colleyville (a rich suburb) got foreclosed and he had to move to a crappy apartment in Grapevine (a lower middle class suburb), then he got divorced, his life was spiralling out of control and now he decided that better to be happy in the Eternal Kingdom of God than suffer poverty and hardship on Earth

Joke’s on him though. He will burn in Hell for this. As for the rest of family, they are all in God’s lap right now being given eternal love.


25 posted on 12/27/2011 8:08:26 AM PST by SoftwareEngineer
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To: freedumb2003
Seeing the pictures of what clearly are just normal kids who are now dead breaks my heart. Many of the comments on this thread are an embarrassment to FR and to human beings in general.

I agree with your thoughts stated here completely. Amen.

26 posted on 12/27/2011 8:10:35 AM PST by builder (I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)
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To: al baby
The daughter was kinda hot

Now she's kinda cold

27 posted on 12/27/2011 8:10:57 AM PST by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: SoftwareEngineer
I wish JimRob would expel people from this board based on stupid comments.

Me too. Gotta wonder what the heck is wrong with some of the people that post on FR.

28 posted on 12/27/2011 8:11:27 AM PST by LuvFreeRepublic
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To: twister881

In an earlier article I read that “the daughter was dating someone that her father did not know about”..
This certainly would not be the first honor killing in the Dallas area.


29 posted on 12/27/2011 8:11:47 AM PST by sockmonkey (He's not perfect, but Perry is no wussy boy)
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To: smokingfrog

Aziz Yazdanpanah

Based on the name, he must be a right wing, Christian, Tea Party, gun toting, homophobe who listens to Rush.

Or not...


30 posted on 12/27/2011 8:14:42 AM PST by tips up (Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.)
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To: freedumb2003

amen to that


31 posted on 12/27/2011 8:16:29 AM PST by silverleaf (common sense is not so common- voltaire)
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To: SoftwareEngineer
This has nothing to do with religion. They were all Christians.

Baum said the family was Muslim but celebrated Christmas as a cultural holiday. The parents were originally from Iran.

http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/12/26/3619170/2-of-7-dead-in-grapevine-had-recently.html

32 posted on 12/27/2011 8:18:30 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: PapaBear3625

Maybe the killer objected to them celebrating Christmas. Isn’t it considered ‘haram’?


34 posted on 12/27/2011 8:25:42 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
Imam Says that Saying “Merry Christmas” is Worse than Fornication and Murder
35 posted on 12/27/2011 8:32:31 AM PST by null and void (Day 1070 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
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To: smokingfrog

Yet another example of people who should never have been admitted to this country.


36 posted on 12/27/2011 8:39:53 AM PST by Dante3
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To: thackney

Thackney,

That may be the case. I too am confused. I live in a suburb bordering Grapevine and I have friends who have gone to the Spa where the mom worked and used to chit chat to her while waiting. They told me that she was an Iranian Catholic (a rare breed)

But now this guy says they were Muslim. I guess we will all find out.

But in the end, the dad did not like that his life spiralled out of control. The bankruptcy and the impending divorce and allegedly the daughter’s stalker boyfriend all pulled him over the edge.

He will burn in hell for sure. His family is with God surrounded by Love and Eternal Peace


37 posted on 12/27/2011 8:42:10 AM PST by SoftwareEngineer
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To: smokingfrog

Look like a nice group of kids. Unfortunate victims of somebody else’s mental illness.


38 posted on 12/27/2011 8:44:37 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Some do celebrate Christmas. Jesus is considered a Prophet in the Muslim faith, I’m told. I’ve been to more than one Christmas Party at a Muslim home, complete with lighted Christmas tree.


39 posted on 12/27/2011 8:45:16 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: smokingfrog

Iranian muslims with major financial and marital problems. So he solves them by killing the whole family.


40 posted on 12/27/2011 8:47:06 AM PST by Jedidah
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