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In this episode of the Victim in Surprise. Host Eileen Zenn talks about the latest finds from the two recent police reports she had ordered from the Phoenix Police department.The focus today is mostly on the first report which had so many interesting details about Amal's calling in a death threat back in 2015. In a stunning turn of events, you'll be shocked to learn who the detective who followed up with Amal was. Listen in to find out all the juicy details.Join the Victim in Surprise Facebook GroupThe opening and closing theme is "Rania" from the band Constantine. This podcast is speculative and any theory presented is not proof of anyone’s guilt. All parties are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Welcome to Season 2 of the Victim in Surprise.When this podcast was originally conceived, the intention was to present it as one season to bring awareness to Amal Bahjat's brutal unsolved murder. The hope was to respark interest in her case and to reignite the police investigation to find Amal's killer. However, as we are entering into the 9th year of her unsolved cold case, host Eileen Zenn felt the urge to bring the podcast back for another season to keep alive the attention and focus to this case and to present more facts and details.Through her work, Eileen has uncovered more information, some of which was very discouraging, but Eileen will not give up, and that is why we have returned.In this season, we will look closely at the small details surrounding this case. In this episode, we shall introduce them to you, the listener. Based on updates from the Surprise police department's most recent report, we go back to where Eileen left off back in Season 1.Special Thanks to Sandi Allen who covered Amal's case on her podcast Twisted Travels and True Crime. Click the name to listen.Join the Victim in Surprise Facebook GroupThe opening and closing theme is "Rania" from the band Constantine. This podcast is speculative and any theory presented is not proof of anyone’s guilt. All parties are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

In this last episode, the host Eileen Zenn goes back to the alleged kidnapping attempt and add one more theory, before that she shares how the Surprise police department mishandled the handwriting samples. She also brings up details from the crime scene that somehow she didn’t share in the past. She wraps up the episode with important details based on facts, about who really are those two men, Jihad and his son Amin. Tune in to learn where everyone is today, 8 years after the crime. Link to House ListingIf you have any information about this case, contact Time Reese of the Surprise Police Department at tim.reese@surpiseaz.govJoin the Victim in Surprise Facebook Group This podcast is speculative and any theory presented is not proof of anyone’s guilt. All parties are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

In this chapter, the host Eileen shares with you a list of people who had the code to the keypad lock to the house. There was one person that was suspicious from that list. In late 2018 Ibtisam was called to the Surprise police station to submit a test, did she pass?Tune in to learn the new theory of who might’ve wrote on the wall. Host Eileen Zenn keeps going back to the key to the Buick, this time, she shares in this episode, the two versions of the events from the night of the crime; one is Ibtisam’s and the other is her husband’s Bob. Join the Victim in Surprise Facebook Group This podcast is speculative and any theory presented is not proof of anyone’s guilt. All parties are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

In this episode the host tackles a few subjects, such as who was behind a suspicious banking activity in Amal’s account a week prior to the murder. And what did Amal’s friend Jeanie Hill tell the FBI when interviewed. In early 2018 Jihad and his son went to the local TV station to talk about the murder and labeled it “an act of terrorism”Tune in to listen to a scenario the host imagined, based on what Amin told the detectives that the backyard gate didn’t have a lock. Does that mean the fanatic intruder would’ve accessed it easily? Find all about it and learn about the lame theory that doesn’t add up. Link to House ListingJoin the Victim in Surprise Facebook GroupThis podcast is speculative and any theory presented is not proof of anyone’s guilt. All parties are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

There is a name that means The "Trustworthy" One. That name is Amin. But does the man live up to the name? That is the question that is asked in this episode of the Victim in SurpriseFirst, we rejoin the contentious phone conversation between host Eileen Zenn and Amal's husband Jihad.Then we get into the meat of the matter. Who is the "Trustworthy" one and what was his relationship with Amal? Was he a loving step son, who only wanted to be close to his new mother? Or was he spying,stealing and manipulating her? Just how trustworthy was he? And what might his involvement be?Tune in to find out. Join the Victim in Surprise Facebook Group This podcast is speculative and any theory presented is not proof of anyone’s guilt. All parties are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

The three Wives There’s nothing wrong with being married three times, however, it’s suspicious when 2 out of the 3 spouses died mysteriously. Amal never told her siblings nor her friends that Jihad was married twice before and one of his previous wives was dead. The host, decided to find out about the two marriages of Jihad, tune in to find out what she did. In this episode, there were some connection issues and we apologize if the audio is a little rough at times.Join the Victim in Surprise Facebook Group This podcast is speculative and any theory presented is not proof of anyone’s guilt. All parties are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

This episode is about the phone detail records of Amal and Jihad’s cell phones.Although the police report does not give much info about Amal’s phone details from that morning of June 5th, 2017, one text stood out, and that is a Whatsapp message that was sent from Amal’s phone to none other than her spouse. It might sound normal at first, Until you learn where was Amal when the message was sent and the content of what she wrote. Host Eileen Zenn, interviewed both Jihad's friend Ibtisam and her brother Saleh, who after all these years remembered details about their phone calls with Jihad on that fateful day of the crime. Details they didn’t share with the police back in 2017, but ones that they have finally come forward with. Tune in to learn about it. Join the Victim in Surprise Facebook Group This podcast is speculative and any theory presented is not proof of anyone’s guilt. All parties are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

This episode is about an attempt kidnapping of Amal on May 5, exactly a month before she was found dead. The host Eileen does not believe that this incident occurred, even if the victim called the Surprise police and reported an attempted kidnapping. But why did Amal call 911? Did someone tell her to do so? Tune in to learn why the friend of the victim Eileen, believe the kidnapping attempt was a total hoax. Join the Victim in Surprise Facebook Group This podcast is speculative and any theory presented is not proof of anyone’s guilt. All parties are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

The killer or an accomplice took their sweet time and wrote 16 threatening religious words on the wall. The Surprise police station nor the FBI sought help of a religious expert, however, the host, Eileen, noticed that an abbreviation used in one sentence does not make sense since devout Muslims don’t use abbreviation. Was Amal killed by a fanatic Muslim or someone wanted the crime to look like it was motivated as a hate crime? Tune in to learn more about how the host made a shocking connection between one of the sentences and a video she had watched. Pastor Jaffar's TV interview with Amal & Jihad Join the Victim in Surprise Facebook Group This podcast is speculative and any theory presented is not proof of anyone’s guilt. All parties are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.