Unknown Woman
Age at death: 39 years
Strangled: September 23, 2020
Residence: Zanjan (Kurdish province, Iran)
Ethnicity: Tork
Children: –
Perpetrator: her husband
Excuse: dispute over divorce
A man from Zanjan strangled his wife after an argument and fled the scene. Investigations by the local police would show that the couple often quarreled and that they had been married for two years. The court’s verdict is nowhere to be found.
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