Historians R Us

This blog is the property of the AP US History class at Pope John XXIII High School in Everett, MA, USA. Here students explore current events in America, while seeking to understand the historical roots of those events. At the same time, students are able to carry on classroom discussions in the cyber world.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Prolonged Murder Case

According to a N.Y Times artcle, the parents of a 4 year old girl, Jennifer Shafiq, were charged with her murder Monday night (March 20, 06), which occurred around 1990. Jennifer's body was found in 1996 by a hyker and her case has been around for quite a long time. "Her mother, Khairual N. Abdul, 42, was charged with murder in the case, and her father, Parmjit P. Singh, 48, was charged with hindering prosecution, the police said." Mr. Singh accused his wife of repeatedly beating her child then killing her by violently throwing her on the floor, causing her to hit her head. This family has lived in New York for about 14 years, however, Abdul is originally from the Fiji Islands and Singh is from India.

As terrible as it is, there has been a history of parents murdering their own children. One occurred in Oregon with Diane Downs on May 19, 1983. Diane shot 3 of her children while in their car, 2 of which died and one, a girl, lived to tell the court that her mother had shot them. Diane Downs was accused of homicide and received life in prison. Downs held down to a story that a strange man had shot her kids, not her.

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