Details Emerge on Woman's Beheading in NY: Her Children Were Waiting in Car; Abuse Has Ties Back to Flower Mound, TX

[TXCharlie]

Local story:
Crime Time: Woman decapitated as kids were in the car; had filed Flower Mound report

More Details:
Night Of The Beheading - The Daily Beast

Official Flower Mound Police Reports:
http://www.tdbimg.com/files/2009/03/...3929764188.pdf

Woman decapitated as kids were in the car; had filed Flower Mound report

You may recall the story we first mentioned in mid-February about the arrest of the Buffalo, N.Y., television station executive arrested on charges that he beheaded his estranged wife inside the station.

The Daily Beast reports that the woman's children were waiting for her in a car outside the station when she was killed. The site also has a link to a Flower Mound, Texas, police report that the woman, Aasiya Hassan, had filed while the family was visiting relatives there.

She apparently visited a Flower Mound police station to inquire about the enforcement of a New York restraining order against her husband, Muzzamil Hassan, while in Texas. The officer who took the report noted that she had bruising on an arm and leg that she said she got during an argument with her husband in Texas.


In a Daily Beast exclusive, Asra Q. Nomani uncovers horrific new details about the evening Muzzammil Hassan allegedly murdered his wife while their young children waited in a nearby car. Plus, new details about the history of their abusive marriage—including a police report from a family trip.


Bridges TV / AP Photo

On the night of Feb. 12, 2009, Aasiya Hassan was allegedly murdered and beheaded by her estranged husband, Muzzammil Hassan, inside the building of the American-Muslim TV venture, Bridges Network Inc., they operated together.

While the alleged murder took place, the couple’s two children—four-year-old Rania and six-year-old Danyal—were waiting for their mother in a car outside the building, along with Muzzamil Hassan’s 17-year-old son from an earlier marriage, according to people familiar with the details of the case.

It isn’t clear where the children were when police discovered their mother’s body, but the account is a reminder that domestic violence often has devastating consequences for children when it goes untreated. Police records—including this report from Flower Mound, Texas—show that the Hassan family had been struggling with Muzzammil Hassan’s abuse long before the alleged murder took place.

According to the police report, Muzzammil Hassan “coerced her into a bedroom.” In the bedroom, she said, he “pushed her down onto the bed, sat on her chest and pinned her arms and legs down."

Muzzammil Hassan, a prominent member of Buffalo’s Muslim community, had for years battled a psychiatric illness that led to violent rages when he went off his medication, according to people familiar with his medical history. His two previous marriages were also marred by abuse allegations, according to people familiar with the relationships.

On the night of Assiya Hassan’s alleged murder, Muzzammil Hassan lured his wife to the TV station on a pretense, possibly to sign papers, according to the people familiar with the case. Aasiya Hassan had filed for divorce on Feb. 6, 2009, securing a protective order against her husband, and, according to the people familiar with the situation, she couldn’t be in the building if he was there. He told her that she should look for his vehicle in the parking lot and proceed inside if she didn’t see it, according to the account.

The people familiar with the case said, Aasiya Hassan drove with Muzzammil Hassan’s teenage son, Michael, from his first marriage, and the two young children she had had during her marriage to Muzzammil Hassan. According to community members, Michael and his older sister, Sonia, 18, were very close to their step mother, Aasiya Hassan.

At the studio, the people said, Aasiya went inside. Some time later, Muzzammil emerged from the building, to Michael’s surprise. He walked over to Michael and the young children and handed Michael $4,900 in cash, saying, “You will probably need it.” A person familiar with the case said the police took the money as evidence.

According to the account, Michael, a high school senior, tried to open the locked windowless, steel entrance door to the building, and tried to call his older sister, Sonia, a freshman at the University at Buffalo.

According to police records, Muzzammil Hassan went to the Orchard Park police station at 6:15 p.m. to tell police officers they could find the murdered body of his wife at the Bridges studio. His lawyer in Buffalo, Jim Harrington, has said he didn’t confess to the crime, and he declined to comment on details of the case. The police station is just a few minutes drive from the studio. Ted Gura, assistant police chief in Orchard Park, declined to comment. Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita declined to comment.

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[pgg]

There seems to be a pattern here with "moderate" Islam

[armsmaster270]

Some people are just born asswipes.

[mtaylor]

We should link five-o's post on islam!

[TXCharlie]

We should link five-o's post on islam!

I posted this story a few months ago from around here - A dad shot & killed his two teenage daughters because they were dating non-Muslim boys.

Here it is:

FBI removes the controversial term “honor killing” from the wanted poster of a suspect who killed his two teen girls for dating non-Muslims

http://www.officerresource.com/forum...muslims-31235/