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http://floridafamily.org/full_article.php?article_no=49Did Fatima Abdallah really cause her own death by repeatedly striking her face against a coffee table as reported by Tampa Police or was her demise an honor killing?
If Florida law enforcement agencies decline to properly investigate and file appropriate charges in violent crimes where cultural laws may have dictated illegal behavior then Islamic rule of law will effectively reign in our state.
fishing1.jpg Tampa Police believe that Fatima Abdallah repeatedly beat her head against a coffee table until she died. Tampa Rescue calls the TPD explanation illogical, says she looked like someone beat her up really bad.
Prestige Investigations, Inc. states “…there is a glaring absence of any suspicion, from either report (TPD and ME reports), that the decedent could have possibly been a victim of an assault that eventually caused her death.â€
Click here to send your email urging Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and State Attorney Mark Ober to conduct a thorough and proper investigation.
Florida Family Association hired a private investigator to look into the suspicious death of a Palestinian woman named Fatima Abdallah because it was difficult to comprehend how she could have killed herself by repeatedly beating her nose onto a coffee table. It is also difficult to comprehend how the injuries reported in her autopsy (back of the head, broken ribs, hemorrhage around ribs, etc.) could have occurred during such “self infliction†or alleged posthumous CPR.
The family left Fatima dead for 2 ½ hours before they called 911, gave two different stories of how she died, ushered the alleged only witness to Fatima's demise out of the country just days after her death and treated her horribly before she died are just a few of the facts that make it highly unlikely that her death was an accident as the Hillsborough County Medical Examiners’ office has determined in Case No. 09-05161.
Our private investigator and research team found numerous inconsistencies, errors and omissions with the Medical Examiner Report, Tampa Police General Offense Report, and 911 Dispatch Call Hardcopy Report. To read all of the details and history start reading below where History of Case.
Because of the publicity surrounding this case a member of the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s staff has informed us that the medical examiner’s finding of this death as an accident caused great controversy and distress among many staff members because they could not believe that this case was ruled an accident.
The Tampa Police Department thus far has declined to reopen the investigation.
Given the circumstances of Fatima Abdallah’s personal life and the facts surrounding her death there is a need to reopen this case to fully investigate Fatima Abdullah’s death to determine if her demise was truly an accident or honor killing.
If Florida law enforcement agencies decline to properly investigate and file appropriate charges in violent crimes where cultural laws may have dictated illegal behavior then Islamic rule of law will effectively reign in our state. Law enforcements’ unwillingness to properly investigate and bring charges in violent crimes that may have been perpetuated by religious or cultural creeds will undermine our public safety and severely change our value system.
Florida Family Association filed a complaint with the Florida Medical Examiners Commission, Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Florida Governors office. However, the Florida Medical Examiners Commission replied with this letter stating “The Medical Examiners Commission does not have the statutory authority to compel the District Medical Examiner to change the manner of death.â€
Therefore, the only officials who can do anything about this unjust investigation are local law enforcement officials.
Florida Family Association has prepared an email for you to send urging Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and State Attorney Mark Ober to properly and thoroughly investigate the suspicious death of Fatima Abdallah.
To send your email, please click the following link, enter your name and email address then click the "Send Your Message" button. You may change the wording in the subject line or message.
Please click here to send your email urging Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and State Attorney Mark Ober to properly and thoroughly investigate the suspicious death of Fatima Abdallah.
HISTORY OF CASE
Florida Family Association sent out an email alert and posted an online article on May 19, 2011 to encourage concerned citizens to send emails to Mayor Bob Buckhorn and State Attorney Mark Ober regarding numerous inconsistencies in the death investigation of Fatima Abdallah. FOR MORE DETAIL please see the bold blue heading below titled “INITIAL REPORT REGARDING THE DEATH OF FATIMA ABDALLAH.â€
Florida Family Association also submitted a letter which provided substantial detail regarding this case to State Attorney Mark Ober, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Tampa City Council Members. FOR MORE DETAIL please see the bold blue heading below titled “FLORIDA FAMILY ASSOCIATION LETTER TO TAMPA MAYOR, STATE ATTORNEY AND TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.â€
The Tampa Police Department and Medical Examiner responded through the media with statements that actually create more inconsistencies and questionable findings in the case. Assistant Police Chief Marc Hamlin’s explanation that Fatima beat her head to the point of death because she was having “convulsions†is contradicted by witness accounts in the TPD General Offense report and absent from any mention in the final Autopsy. Medical Examiner Laura Hair’s statement that Fatima had a seizure is absent from any mention, observation or finding in her final Autopsy. FOR MORE DETAIL please see the bold blue heading “The Tampa Police Department and Medical Examiner responded to Florida Family Association’s concerns regarding Fatima Abdallah’s death through articles in The Tampa Tribune and St. Petersburg Times.â€
If Florida law enforcement agencies decline to properly investigate and file appropriate charges in violent crimes where cultural laws may have dictated illegal behavior then Islamic rule of law will effectively reign in our state. Law enforcements’ unwillingness to properly investigate and bring charges in violent crimes that may have been perpetuated by religious or cultural creeds will undermine our public safety and severely change our value system.
This case is explained in great detail below.
The Tampa Police Department and Medical Examiner responded to Florida Family Association’s concerns regarding Fatima Abdallah’s death through articles in The Tampa Tribune and St. Petersburg Times.
These officials’ responses have created even more inconsistencies in their findings regarding the death of Fatima Abdallah.
The Tampa Tribune reported on May 20, 2011 that Laura Hair, of the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Department said, "To me the evidence goes into it being an accident where she fell and possibly had a seizure," Hair said. "I'm not seeing evidence of a beating."
Dr. Hair’s finding that Fatima “fell†is inconsistent with the conflicting accounts given by the family that “she repeatedly struck her head on table until she became unconscious†(TPD GO page 11) and that “the decedent had been cleaning, and may have passed out due to cleaning fumes†(TPD GO page 16.)
Dr. Hair’s press statement that the deceased possibly had a seizure is new information in this case. Her autopsy reports no observations or findings that the deceased possibly had a seizure. The Tampa Police General Offense Hardcopy reports no findings of a seizure.
The St. Petersburg Times quotes Assistant Police Chief Marc Hamlin on May 20, 2011 as saying “’So it could be that the convulsing of the body is what the family could have thought was her maybe trying to hurt herself,’ he said.â€
Again officials appear to be giving the public information that is not found in their own reports. Mr. Hamlin’s statement is contradicted by testimony in the Tampa Police Department General Offense Hardcopy report (GO18-19): “Fatima then threw herself down, attempting to pull away from her mother. When she went down to the ground, she struck her face on the coffee table. She began to get up and she grabbed onto her face, noticing that her face was all bloody. She then took her head and smashed it into the coffee table repeatedly several times, on her own accord. Her mother attempted to move her away from the table, tell her to calm down and begging her to stop. She got her away from the table a bit and then Fatima began smashing her face into the ground, banged her head striking the carpet. She did this several times before she stood up, she was on her feet for a second or so when she fell directly back.â€
The St. Petersburg Times also reported in the May 20th article: “Hamlin said the initial investigation was thorough, but once the medical examiner determined that the death was an accident, ‘there's no criminal investigation to be done afterward.’â€
Except for information gathered at the scene Tampa Police conducted NO criminal investigation for 57 days until Tampa Police Homicide Detective Sonja Wise reclassified this case from “Unexplained Death†to “Accidental Death†on October 13, 2009 based upon Dr. Harris’ autopsy report. (TPD GO report page 21)
Both the Medical Examiner and Tampa Police Department now try to explain Fatima Abdallah’s death with the new “convulsions†theory which is not found in the TPD General Offense report or autopsy and which is contradicted by witness statements in the General Offense report.
The Tampa Police Department did nothing to investigate this case for 57 days after they left the scene and now conveniently claim they won’t because the medical examiner report is final. The Tampa Police Department ignored for 57 days and now continues to ignore many inconsistencies in their own report and failed to investigate the evidence they had as listed in the eight points outlined below.
INITIAL REPORT REGARDING THE DEATH OF FATIMA ABDALLAH
Florida Family Association learned about the death of a 48 year old Arab woman named Fatima Abdallah whose demise did not appear to be caused by an accident as the Tampa Police Department officially determined.
Florida Family Association hired an experienced private investigator who was a former police detective to research and explore Fatima’s death.
Our investigation revealed the following about Fatima Abdallah’s personal life. Fatima:
Lived in the same household as did three related Arab named families.
Was allegedly divorced by her cousin husband because she could not have children and he married another cousin.
Allegedly brought shame to her Muslim family because of her divorce according to neighbors.
Was allegedly not permitted to return to her homeland in the Middle East by the family.
Was allegedly not permitted to drive on her own even though she was licensed.
Was allegedly the subject of many arguments with other family members.
Was allegedly treated badly and had unthinkable things done to her by her older brother.
Our investigation revealed the following about Fatima Abdallah’s death:
Family members claimed that she killed herself by repeatedly slamming her head onto a coffee table and the floor. The Tampa Police Department accepted this claim as the cause of death. Tampa Rescue said she looked like someone beat her up and disputed the probability that she could have killed herself in that manner. In addition to head, face and lip injuries she had several lower fractured ribs with hemorrhage in the area which is normal in cases of blunt trauma to the rib cage
Five family members waited nearly 2 ½ hours before calling 911.
The call to 911 dispatch gave a completely different version of what happened to Fatima and her state of mind than was reported by detectives on the scene. The same family member gave two different accounts.
The Tampa Police Department:
Did not catch the fact that Muhammad called 911 dispatch and not his brother Ali as the TPD report states.
Did not catch the fact that Muhammad told 911 dispatch a different version of what happened to Fatima than he told detectives on the scene.
Relied upon a family member instead of an independent translator to translate the account of the only alleged witness to Fatima’s death. That witness left the country just days after Fatima died.
Did not verify the travel of one of Fatima’s brothers from Ft. Myers to Tampa which was the assumed reason for the 2 ½ hour delay before anyone in the family called 911.
Did not properly account or resolve how Fatima’s lower right ribs 4 thru 9 were broken and other injuries were sustained to her face and mouth.
Did not fully investigate or identify blood evidence on a large shirt, floor and stairs.
Did not interview neighbors.
General Offense report completed by various police personnel qualified the Cause of Death as “Homicide†and “Undetermined†and “Unexplained†but was reclassified to “Accident†by Medical Examiner.
The Medical Examiner:
Final determination of Cause of Death that the “Decedent fell and struck her head†is inconsistent with the Tampa Police Department General Offense Report and 911 dispatch detail descriptions of the death.
Determined the fracture of right ribs 4 thru 9 was due to CPR even though these ribs do not come into play during CPR and even though Tampa Rescue states that they did not perform CPR.
There is much more information regarding our investigation findings listed the in the letter below to the State Attorney, Tampa Mayor and Tampa City Council.
It is Florida Family Association’s opinion that given the circumstances of Fatima Abdallah’s personal life and the facts surrounding her death that there is a need for the Tampa Police Department to reopen this case or for the State Attorney to open a new inquiry to fully investigate Fatima Abdullah’s death.
Was Fatima Abdallah’s death really an accident or honor killing?
If Florida law enforcement agencies decline to properly investigate and file appropriate charges in violent crimes where cultural laws may have dictated illegal behavior then Islamic rule of law will effectively reign in our state. Law enforcements’ unwillingness to properly investigate and bring charges in violent crimes that may have been perpetuated by religious or cultural creeds will undermine our public safety and severely change our value system.
Florida Family Association has prepared an email for you to send to Tampa City Mayor Bob Buckhorn and State Attorney Mark Ober calling for a full investigation into the death of Fatima Abdallah.
To send your email, please click the following link, enter your name and email address then click the "Send Your Message" button. You may change the wording in the message.
Please click here to send your email to State Attorney Mark Ober and Tampa City Mayor Bob Buckhorn calling for a full investigation into the death of Fatima Abdallah.
