More News on the Shaima Alawadi Murder in El Cajon.

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http://www.cbs8.com/story/17280643/police-logs-describe-possible-suspect-in-murder-of-el-cajon-mother?clienttype=printable

All the material at the link is interesting. The big news bits: They've touted an almost obligato "darker skinned man in a hoodie with a donut shaped box" for suspicion. The daughter went walkabout for a couple of hours rather late at night about two months ago. The police have searched the house a couple of times and they've also impounded the husband's vehicle (tire iron included?).

...The report described the suspect as a "darker skinned male" in his late teens or early 20s with a skinny build and wearing a black or blue hoodie sweatshirt. He was carrying a brown, donut-shaped cardboard box, the report said.

...Also in the police reports, a call for service from Jan. 31, two months before the beating attack. The victim, Shaima Alawadi, called police at 10:50 p.m. to report her 17-year-old daughter, Fatima Alhimidi, had been missing for two hours....A short time after the call, the police response was canceled and a note in the log said the teen was located at 11:12 p.m. that same night.

...In the days following the beating, police also responded to reports of suspicious men in the neighborhood, the records show. ...Police responded to those calls, interviewed the suspicious men, took their names and released them, according to the logs.

To date, officers have served two search warrants on the family's home and they were seen carrying away bags of evidence. Neighbors said investigators also towed away a red Nissan van registered to the victim's husband, Kassim Alhimidi, 47.

But wait--there's more. The woman's body was flown to Iraq and she was buried there. Some US family members--most notably the daughter and father--were there as well.

...Earlier in the day, the body of Iraqi-born Shaima Alawadi was flown from the U.S. to the Shiite holy city of Najaf, south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, by a plane sent by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
...Relatives, including women clad in black, wept uncontrollably as they watched the burial. Alawadi's husband, Kassim Alhimidi, and teenage daughter Fatima fainted as the body was lowered into the grave.
http://www.cbs8.com/story/17303766/slain-iraqi-woman-buried-in-native-country

The Christian Science Monitor has a very detailed story on this matter.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2012/0328/Iraqi-community-perplexed-wary-after-slaying-of-Iraqi-born-mother

...Ms. Awadi was declared dead on Saturday, with the police describing the beating as “vicious.”

On Tuesday, several hundred people went to the Lakeside Islamic Center to pay their respects. But Salam al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, cautioned those at the memorial against calling the death a hate crime.

“It would be irresponsible to jump to conclusions,” he said.

Indeed, the investigation into Awadi’s death is ongoing, say both Mr. Marayati and the El Cajon police.