On June 6th, 2017, Amal Bahjat was found murdered in her home in Surprise, Arizona. On a wall in the house, a message had been scrawled in Arabic—what seemed a warning from the killer or killers, since Amal, a former Muslim, had converted to Christianity and was vocal about her new faith. Amal was active on a television ministry broadcast for the Kurdish community in the US—but only as someone who called in to bear her testimony of Jesus Christ. She never appeared physically on any televisio ...
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Eileen Zenn Podcasts
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 t…
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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 Surprise First, 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 "Trustworth…
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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 wha…
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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…
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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 vi…
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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 …
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This episode is about evidence collected from the crime scene and the police issued search warrant on the two vehicles that Jihad have ridden that fateful day. Jihad, looks like he had two keys, one for the Buick, and the other for the mailbox, and for some reason two keys were not on the same key ring. Could’ve it be that Jihad deliberately separa…
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In this episode, the host Eileen shares not only her disappointment after she read the autopsy report but how the Surprise police mishandled evidence collected from the crime scene. Unfortunately, the neighbors didn’t have surveillance cameras. However a next door woman told the detectives some disturbing information about the couple. The first pol…
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Although there was one million dollars life insurance policy taken on Amal by her husband, that was not considered enough motive to suspect him of the crime. However the Surprise police noticed that Jihad didn’t contact Amal’s siblings to tell them that she was found dead. No memorial service nor funeral was held for Amal. The host Eileen found the…
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This episode is about the last day of Amal’s life according to her husband's narrative which didn’t fit with the time line. The host Eileen shares a shocking discovery; what may well be this cold case’s smoking gun.” A few months prior to starting her amateur investigation, she by chance came across a court document from New Jersey, tune it to lear…
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Shorty after Amal and her husband moved from Jersey City to Surprise Arizona in 2017, Amal started receiving threats over the phone, she even reported to the police a kidnapping attempt. The day Amal was found strangled in her upstairs room there was writing on the wall that suggests it was Religious terrorists who killed her. Was it radical Muslim…
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It's been years since the mysterious murder of Amal Bahjat. She was my friend. I am Eileen Zenn, the host of The Victim in Surprise. I have become fed up with the Surprise police department’s handling of the case, so I began to do my own digging into this unsolved violent crime against my friend. From blame shifting, to evidence mishandling, what I…
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