Who Is Burak Hezar? Man Arrested Over Mother and Sister s Murder After Planning to Board Flight
On 4/26/21 at 9:31 AM EDT
Burak Hezar, 20, a man who s been charged with murdering his mother and sister, was apprehended after attempting to catch a flight out of Texas.
Allen police arrested Hezar at Dallas Fort Worth Airport (DFW) on Saturday where he had arrived, originally seeking to escape to California.
Officers launched a manhunt for Hezar as soon as they found his mother Isil Borat, 51, and her 17-year-old daughter, Burcu Hezar, dead in their Allen home just before 9:15 a.m that day.
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A family of six was found dead inside their Allen, Texas home early Monday morning from what police suspect to be an apparent murder-suicide committed by two sons, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth reports.
Allen Police Department Sgt. Jon Felty said they were asked to perform a wellness check by a friend of someone living in the residence who was believed to be suicidal. When authorities arrived after 1 a.m., the bodies of father Towhidul Islam, 54; mother Iren Islam, 56; grandmother Altafun Nessa, 77; Tanvir Towhid, 21; and 19-year-old twins Farbin Towhid and Farhan Towhid were found with gunshot wounds.
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Six family members shot to death in Texas after brothers formed murder-suicide pact, police said
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Farhan Towhid, 19, and Tanvir Towhid, 21, shot their parents, sister and grandmother before killing themselves after forming a suicide pact, police said. The grandmother is not pictured.Bangladesh Association of North Texas
The lengthy note from Farhan Towhid, a 19-year-old Texan,went up on Instagram over the weekend, beginning with an alarming claim: Hey everyone. I killed myself and my family.
When a family friend saw the 11-page letter, they quickly called police to request a wellness check, warning that Towhid was suicidal.