KINGSTON -- Kingston Police have arrested at least three people in connection with the mysterious deaths of four Montreal women found in a submerged car in Kingston Mills on June 30.
Police sources confirmed the dramatic development yesterday, 22 days after a black Nissan Sentra was found in about three metres of water near one of the four locks.
Three sisters were found dead in the car, Zainab Shafi, 19, Sahar, 17, and Geeti, 13, along with a 50-year-old woman, Rona Amir Mohammed.
Montreal La Presse reported three people who were heading to the airport there were arrested yesterday morning.
Initially, police said the case was suspicious but that they had not found evidence of foul play.
It's not clear what charges are being laid, but Sun Media learned police have been investigating the allegation the deaths were an honour killing.
"We are convinced that this is a crime of honour," Diba Masoomi said in an e-mail sent to the police chief's office two weeks ago.
Sun Media obtained a copy of the e-mail from Masoomi, who lives in Niort, France. She claims she is the sister of Rona Amir Mohammed and she also offered the stunning allegation that the dead woman was the first wife of Mohammed Shafi, the father of the three dead girls.
She provided photos that she claims show Shafi and Mohammed at their wedding in Afghanistan 30 years ago. The couple never divorced.
Masoomi said the marriage has been hidden since the family moved to Canada two years ago.
