The Life and Times of Bryan Sr. and Family

A father beheads his daughter Sunday, June 17, 2012, (Father’s Day here in the United States) in northwestern India with a ceremonial sword in a fit of rage over her relationship with several men. Manju Kanwar was 20 years old when her father killed her. The father, Oghad Kanwar, said he was fed up with his daughter’s lifestyle. She had eloped just two weeks earlier. Her father had her return  [ Read More ]

The trial continues against the parents of Shafilea Ahmed’s parents, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed.  Shafilea Ahmed disappeared on September 11, 2003. She was missing for a week before her teachers reported to the police the fact that she had been missing. Shafilea Ahmed’s decomposed remains were found in February 2004, in the River Kent near Sedgwick, Cumbria after a heavy flood had washed her body from its resting place in  [ Read More ]

Abdul Awkal was convicted of killing his wife, Latife Awkal, and his brother-in-law, Mahmoud Abdul-Aiz, at the Cuyahoga Domestic Relations Court on January 7, 1992. Abdul Awkal committed these murders at the court house when he learned that his wife, Latife Awkal, had filed for divorce and custody of their 16-month old daughter. Abdul Awkal chased the pair down, into a room in the courthouse where he shot them both  [ Read More ]