跟踪过这个案子的报道,一直觉得证据不确凿。
警察检查了掉入河里的NISSAN和沙菲亚家里的LEXUS,就得出结论:LEXUS 把 NISSAN 撞入河里,淹死了母女4人。
On June 30, 2009, a black
Nissan Sentra with a broken left
taillight was spotted submerged at the
Kingston Mills locks, with four female bodies found inside. Mohammad Shafia was at the
Kingston Police station to report that four of their family – three teenage daughters and a purported aunt – were missing.
[7] Police initially believed that it was a tragic, if bizarre, accident, and first categorized it as a "sudden death investigation".
However, authorities soon learned that Hamed had reported an accident with the family
Lexus SUV in an empty parking lot early that same morning in
Montreal. Despite their suspicions, the authorities did not have "reasonable and probable grounds" or sufficient evidence to ask a judge for a
search warrant. Kingston Police Det. Steve Koopman, the liaison with the Shafia family, managed to gain the Shafias'
consent so that they could view the Lexus. After assessing the damage on both vehicles, police theorized that the Lexus was used to ram the Nissan into the locks.
[14]
It has been reported that the Shafia family purchased the used Nissan Sentra for
CAD$ 5,000 one day before the family left Montreal for Niagara Falls.
第一,既然是杀人用过的车,为什么还要报告事故?
第二,既然是杀人用过的车,为什么在警察没有搜查令的情况下,主动同意警察检车,而不是赶快销毁证据?
警察并没有在事故现场找到 LEXUS 脱落的油漆或者其它碎片。
这个案子最后是请陪审团判的。我认为是典型的舆论干预司法的案例。
大家都痛恨荣誉谋杀,我也痛恨。但我们还是要尊重事实,尊重坏人的权利。