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International News Title: * Police: 'Honor killing' suspect may have been aided by family [ Arizona ] Almaleki, 49, crossed into Mexico and eventually caught a flight to London, where he was detained by British customs officials and extradited back. During the six-day search for Almaleki, family members had multiple phone calls with him, filled a prescription for the insulin-dependent diabetic and apparently supplied him with money in Mexico, according to a Peoria police report. All the while, Almaleki's son, cousin and wife repeatedly denied to investigators that they were assisting the fugitive or knew his whereabouts. Peoria police are now investigating the extent to which family members might have helped Almaleki on the run and charges are possible, police spokesman Jay Davies said. Almaleki's family did not respond to requests for comment but he has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial. According to the report, early interactions between police and Almaleki's wife, Seham, were often cut short because she would not answer questions or stop shouting. His eldest son, Ali, also had heated exchanges with police. Mohamed El-Sharkawy, a local Muslim leader, was brought in to serve as a go-between. At the direction of investigators, he questioned the family about their contact with Almaleki. El-Sharkawy said they denied knowing Almaleki's whereabouts and the wife claimed she hung up on him when he called. Telephone records and interview transcripts from the police report paint a different view of the family's actions. Police documents in the case of a Glendale father accused of slaying his daughter in an "honor killing" suggest family members might have helped him during his time as a fugitive. Faleh Almaleki, an Iraqi immigrant, led law enforcement on a global manhunt last October after his daughter and another woman were run down in a Peoria parking lot. He was reportedly furious with his daughter, Noor Almaleki, 20, for becoming "too Westernized" and defying Mideastern Muslim customs. During an interview with Peoria detectives, Almaleki acknowledged relatives had helped him, saying that it was part of their culture to try to help family members with a "bigger problem." He told investigators he received $1,900 from a Hispanic man who had been sent over the border by his cousin, Jamal Almaleki. At the time of the assault, Faleh Almaleki said, he had about $400 on him and drove directly to Nogales, Sonora. He used the money to fly to London. Police also became suspicious of family members after a pharmacy employee told authorities that Seham and Ali Almaleki had filled a prescription in Faleh's name, the report states. Seham and Faleh reportedly had been furious with their daughter for leaving her husband, a 30-year-old cousin she wed in an arranged marriage, in Iraq and returning to the United States to live with her boyfriend and his mother in Surprise.
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