Murder of Shafilea Ahmed

Shafilea, 17, lived with her Pakistani parents and her siblings in Britain. She disappeared on September 11, 2003. She and her family had taken a trip to Pakistan for a wedding in June 2003. She apparently pressured to enter into an arranged marriage. She apparently drank bleach while in Pakistan, possibly in protest of the marriage, and spent five weeks in the hospital for treatment after returning to England. Shafilea's parents did not report her disappearance; her teachers did after they heard her siblings speak of it. In December, Shalifea's parents were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping her, but later released without charges. Her body was not found until February 2004; she had been dumped in the Cumbria River and the cause of death could not be determined, but police believe she was murdered. They are operating under the theory that Shafilea's death was an "honor killing," where a disobedient Muslim girl is murdered by her family to protect the family honor, but have not charged anyone for her murder. Shafilea's parents deny involvement in their daughter's murder. They say police are biased against them because of their race and religion, and that they are being focused on for lack of any other suspects. Shafilea was an ambitious A-Level student torn between her parents' Muslim culture and the British one outside her home. She wrote poetry about her discontent. As of April 2004 and to now 2006 no one has been charged in her murder, 3years on. Later developments of the case led to several members of family beeing put into custady

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