Investigative reporter Michelle Sigona shares details from the investigation, which includes a note found calling the victim?s family ?terrorists.?
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>>> in a short time. this woman was beaten to death. they fled iraqi nearly two decades ago to escape saddam hussein 's rule. the mother of five died after she was hit in the head with a large object. police also say they found a threatening note near her body. i'm joined now by investigative crime reporter michelle. and this story is starting to pick up more national attention because there's a question of the motive here. what are investigators telling you?
>> reporter: i spoke with investigators two time today. what they tell me is that the note as you mentioned, was threatening in nature. they will not go into the details as to what was behind the note. but they are investigating all aspects of this case. they're not ready to label this murder at this point. but they are maintaining objectiveness, that this could possibly be a hate crime or possibly be something else. and so they're moving forward with this particular murder investigation. there was a window that was broken into the home. i can confirm that. that her daughter was actually asleep upstairs when the crime occurred. shama's husband, he took four of the younger kids out to go to school on the day of the murder last wednesday.
>> what are neighbors saying -- and lose her life in this brutal way? what are neighbors saying?
>> it's horrible. here's what i can tell you. her and her husband were married in a refugee camp many years ago. they moved to the united states in 1993 going to detroit. and then moving to san diego . she was loved in her communicate, loved by her family. loved by so many. and we'll just see how big that love is today later on at the memorial service . as more funeral plans are set to take place in this case, we can only hope if someone has any information, they'll pick up the phone and call the el cajon police department . i also spoke with the fbi. they are assisting local officials in this investigation. and so we need to be able to bring her family justice today.
>> all right. thank you very much. we'll continue to follow this story. thank you. uncer
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