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| CNN: Man accused of hammering his wife and 2 others to death |
| 2007-02-20 |
| CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- An Iranian immigrant accused of using a three-pound hammer to beat his wife, sister-in-law and mother-in-law to death and then repeatedly stabbing them told police that the women had "disrespected" him, authorities said Monday. Really? Well, I guess we shoul let him go then! After the attack, Daryoush Ebrahimi, 55, struck himself several times on the head with the same hammer in an apparent attempt to kill himself, said Police Cmdr. Thomas Byrne. Police also found a 12-inch knife investigators believe was used in the attacks. No word on any damage to the hammer from hitting his own head with it? "It was a very difficult scene, and that would be indicative of that type of anger," Byrne said of the two apartments where the bodies were found Saturday on the city's far North Side. Exactly what type of anger? Ebrahimi told investigators after the attacks that "the women had disrespected him and told him he was not a man," Assistant State's Attorney Sanju Oommen said. How could anyone remain calm? Police found cell phone video messages and a letter that Ebrahimi left at one of the apartments, Byrne said. The FBI was helping translate the messages and letter, which are in Farsi. Let me take a swipe at about what it had to say. "Right now I wouldn't say it's a suicide note ... but it's more about, again, how he feels disrespected, and that's pretty much a (recurring) theme in the note," Byrne said. That's all he knows how to think about. It's a tribal thingy. Ebrahimi told police at the scene and hospital officials that he had killed the women, authorities said. Like they couldn't figure it out. A phone call to the public defender's office Monday afternoon went unanswered. Better go see if he's dead, too. Coulda disrespected him, you know. Maybe scratched his ear or blew his nose in front of him or something. Ebrahimi was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife/cousin/granddaughter, Karmin Koshabeh, 44; his sister-in-law, Karolin Khooshabeh, 40; and his 60-year-old mother-in-law, Ileshvah Eyvazimooshabad. He appeared in court Monday afternoon and a judge denied a request for bail. That's disrespectful! Koshabeh and Khooshabeh were found in an apartment in the city's West Rogers Park neighborhood, and Eyvazimooshabad was found in an apartment around the corner. I'll be our names sound funny to them, too! Detectives believe Ebrahimi killed his wife around 2 a.m. Saturday, then called and "lured" his sister-in-law to the same apartment around 6 a.m., Byrne said. He then went to his mother-in-law's apartment and attacked her, returning to the bodies of his wife and sister-in-law to call 911, Byrne said. All done in a fit of rage, of course. It can go for generations. Ebrahimi also called another family member, who notified police, Byrne said. "It ain't like home, they're not going to like this I tell you!" Ebrahimi and his wife and daughter arrived in the United States on November 29, 2006 from Iran and are refugees of Assyrian descent, said Chicago Police Cmdr. David Sobczyk. Refugees from what, for God's sake? Would have been safer to stay put! |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #8 Chuckie Schumer will probably be calling for "hammer control." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-02-20 19:04 |
| #7 Gee, I had a patient once who tried to do the same thing to himself with an electric can opener. Once he sobered up, he admitted it was a really stupid thing to do. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2007-02-20 16:25 |
| #6 In-laws. Can't live with them. Can't beat them to death with a hammer. |
| Posted by: Steve 2007-02-20 15:51 |
| #5 If I had me a hammer, I'd hammer in the mornin' I'd hammer in the evenin' All over your head! |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-02-20 14:38 |
| #4 It's all Bob Vila's fault! |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-02-20 14:36 |
| #3 Something must be done to prevent future incidents involving "Hammers". Why isn't there a government agency that monitors Hammer sales, perhaps by issuing a Hammer Owners Identification (HOID) card. Were nails purchased along with the hammer, or was this hammer purchased by a legal loophole at an unregulated "hammershow"? Shouldn't we "protect the children" by regulating who can carry and conceal hammers? Don't even get me started on automatic hammers. |
| Posted by: MC 2007-02-20 12:00 |
| #2 http://www.sheezyart.com/view/436145/ Click on the small "Click 2 Play" graphic, then the Newgrounds "Play". The Maxwell Edison Story. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-02-20 10:54 |
| #1 Aren't most Assyrians Christian? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-02-20 10:26 |