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Mar 2018
1h 43m

Case 78: The Janabi Family

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About this episode
During the Iraq War, four members of the Janabi Family were found brutally massacred in their farmhouse in the rural village of Yusufiyah. 14-year-old Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi had been violently raped and the family’s home had been set on fire.

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Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host
Researched and written by Milly Raso

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