By S.A. Reid, Christian Boone
A Clayton County man faces murder charges in the strangulation death of his 25-year-old daughter early Sunday over what police said was her desire to end an arranged marriage.
Chaudhry Rashad, 54, apparently became angry during an argument in which the victim, Sandela Kanwal, told him she wanted out of the marriage, Clayton police spokesman Timothy Owens said.
The father and daughter are both of Pakistani descent, and police said language barriers have slowed their investigation.
Authorities were called to the family's home, in the 9600 block of Utah Drive in Jonesboro, just after 3 a.m. Sunday.
Kanwal lived with her father when she was not with her husband, who resides in Chicago, Owens said. She hadn't seen the husband in three months, he said. Read more ...
A Clayton County man faces murder charges in the strangulation death of his 25-year-old daughter early Sunday over what police said was her desire to end an arranged marriage.
Chaudhry Rashad, 54, apparently became angry during an argument in which the victim, Sandela Kanwal, told him she wanted out of the marriage, Clayton police spokesman Timothy Owens said.
The father and daughter are both of Pakistani descent, and police said language barriers have slowed their investigation.
Authorities were called to the family's home, in the 9600 block of Utah Drive in Jonesboro, just after 3 a.m. Sunday.
Kanwal lived with her father when she was not with her husband, who resides in Chicago, Owens said. She hadn't seen the husband in three months, he said. Read more ...
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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