The Shafia Murders: A Family Project

Podcast: Murders & Minivans · Tali & Stephanie

Opublikowano: 2026-09-14

On June 30, 2009, a black Nissan Sentra was found submerged at the Kingston Mills locks on the Rideau Canal with four bodies inside: Zainab Shafia, 19, Sahar Shafia, 17, Geeti Shafia, 13, and Rona Amir Mohammad, 52. The family called Rona the girls' aunt. She was their father's first wife, in a polygamous marriage Canadian immigration knew nothing about. Within three weeks, Mohammad Shafia, his wife Tooba Yahya, and their 18-year-old son Hamed were charged with four counts of first-degree murder. A jury convicted all three in fifteen hours. But the murders are not the hardest part of this case...