Crime & Safety
Dearborn Police Reexamining 2006 Murder
In April 2006, Aniseh Eljahmi was gunned down near hear car in Dearborn. Police are still working on the cold case and need help.
DEARBORN, MI — Aniseh Eljahmi’s killer is still free. After more than a decade, the Dearborn woman’s case remains unsolved, but not forgotten. Now police are utilizing new methods and technologies to reexamine the case facts and evidence with the hope that it may eventually lead to an arrest.
And while investigators are working diligently, they’re also asking for the public’s help to find and bring to justice Eljahmi’s killer. Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad said her murder is one of his department’s most pressing cold cases.
“Ms. Eljahmi’s homicide is a tragedy that has devastated her family,” Haddad said. “We are again asking for the public’s help in identifying any suspects and sharing any information they may have about this incident. The Dearborn Police Department remains committed to finding and prosecuting the person or persons responsible for this senseless crime.”
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On April 13, 2006 at approximately 11:08pm, Dearborn police officers responded to the 3400 block of Houston Street on the city’s east side. Officers found Eljahmi lying in the street near the driver’s side door of her vehicle.
Police said her car was parked in front of her home on Houston Street at the time of the incident. They believe she was shot shortly after exiting her vehicle. Eljahmi’s daughter, who was six years old at the time, witnessed the murder of her mother, but she was unharmed.
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Dearborn Police investigators developed several leads and conducted a thorough investigation at the time, but no charges were authorized and there were no arrests made in connection to the case. The case has remained open since the incident.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to please contact the Dearborn Police Department at 313-943-2241 or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAKUP. You may chose to remain anonymous and Crime Stoppers is offering $2500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect(s) of this crime.
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