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  • Husband arrested, Shaima Alawadi, previously believed to be killed in California hate crime

    11/11/2012 2:53:12 AM PST · by Berlin_Freeper · 25 replies
    nydailynews.com ^ | November 10, 2012 | ASSOCIATED PRESS
    EL CAJON, Calif. — Eight months after the beating death of an Iraqi-American woman that drew international attention because it appeared to be a hate crime, the woman’s husband has been arrested on suspicion of her murder. Police in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon announced the arrest Friday of Kassim Alhimidi, 48, and described the killing as an act of domestic violence. The March killing of 32-year-old Shaima Alawadi made waves around the world after the couple’s 17-year-old daughter told reporters that she found a note by her mother’s bludgeoned body that read: “Go back to your country,...
  • Records hint Iraqi woman’s death not a hate crime (CAIR / honor killing / Shaima Alawadi)

    04/05/2012 9:47:56 AM PDT · by Milagros · 9 replies
    UTSanDiego.com ^ | April 4, 2012 | Kristina Davis
    EL CAJON — Search warrant records obtained Wednesday in the beating death of an Iraqi-American woman show a family in turmoil and cast doubt on the likelihood that her slaying was a hate crime. Shaima Alawadi — Photo courtesy of Al Arabiya News Shaima Alawadi, a 32-year-old mother of five, was apparently planning to divorce her husband and move to Texas when she was killed, a family member told investigators, according to the court documents. The records obtained at El Cajon Superior Court also reveal Alawadi’s 17-year-old daughter, Fatima Alhimidi, who called 911 to report the attack, was distraught over...