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Police ID wife killed by husband in gruesome decapitation
Police say Ahmad Shareef killed his wife Leila Al Raheel on Magee Street in Philadelphia Wednesday.
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Police ID wife killed by husband in gruesome decapitation
By CBS3 Staff
November 30, 2022 / 11:26 AM / CBS Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Police on Wednesday released the name of the woman who was decapitated by her husband in a gruesome afternoon incident that shocked neighbors.
The victim, 41-year-old Leila Al Raheel, was pronounced dead before 1 p.m. Tuesday at a home on the 300 block of Magee Avenue. Later that day, police found Shareef hiding and he was taken into custody.
Ahmad Shareef, 34, is charged with murder and other offenses in the incident, police say.
A knife was recovered from the scene.