September 2003: 17-year-old Shafilea Ahmed had gone missing from her home in Warrington, Cheshire. Four months later her body was found. Her parents were the prime suspects. ibid.
Their lack of concern for Shafilea was creating suspicion. ibid.
‘Alesha finally said to the police she had witnessed Shafilea being murdered by her parents all those years ago.’ ibid. woman
‘The mother had actually encouraged and pushed Iftikhar on to do it.’ ibid. man
Her parents were found guilty of her murder. ibid.
A 17-year-old girl has disappeared … ‘She was reporting from a very young age, yeah, I am being abused by my mother and father.’ When Missing Turns to Murder s1e7: Shafilea Ahmed, comment
It seems they are determined to bring her into line by going to extreme measures. ibid.
She [Alesha] took the stand and she gave testimony to Shafilea’s life. ibid.
Warrington, England, 2003: In the north of England 16-year-old Shafilea Ahmed grows up with two cultures … Shafilea refuses to enter into an arranged marriage. Killer Britain with Dermot Murnaghan s4e7, CI 2022
‘Shafilea suffered physical abuse at home … The family chose to hide it.’ ibid. brief
‘And yet unusually when she went missing in 2003 they broke the pattern by not making a complaint or looking for a missing person at all.’ ibid. Brief
Her parents don’t appear at all distressed by her disappearance. ibid.
In 2003 a bright young Asian schoolgirl went missing without a trace. The missing girl was 17-year-old Shafilea Ahmed whose disappearance had been reported by a concerned teacher. Cold Case Killers s1e2: Shafilea Ahmed, Channel 5
Geraint [rozzer] took the big decision to bug the family home. ibid.
They raced to Cumbria to establish how the body had got there and what evidence they could salvage … The skeletal remains did indeed belong to 17-year-old Shafilea Ahmed. ibid.
What Alesha told Geraint and his team was that her parents had suffocated her sister Shafilea using a plastic bag in front of her siblings. ibid.
In February 2004 human remains had been found at the side of the River Kent in Sedgwick in the Lake District. Forensics: Catching the Killer s5e2: Shafilea Ahmed, Sky Crime 2025
‘She was at college. She had a dream of becoming a lawyer.’ ibid. journalist
‘Her home life with her parents was absolutely horrendous.’ ibid.
‘Alesha was in witness protection.’ ibid. Advocate
[rozzer]: This body in Cumbria is Shafilea. This is going to be a massive investigation. True Crime Presents s1e3: A Murder Without Honour
It was a teacher who reported her disappearance. ibid. comment
Shafilea’s sister was talking … Here’s our big break. ibid. rozzer
On 2nd September 2011 Iftikah and Farzana were arrested on suspicion of murder. ibid.