Amanpreet Kaur Bahia seemed happy the few times her neighbours saw her, playing with her small children in the large backyard of an aging two-storey green and white house.
The people who live in the 5800 block of 125 Street said they didn’t see very much of the 33-year-old stay-at-home mom, who shared the house with her husband’s parents.
“I didn’t really get a chance to know her,” said Kamal Sekhon, who arrived home from work Wednesday afternoon to find her neighbour’s house behind yellow police tape, and several police cruisers and officers in the yard.
Sekhon was shocked to learn the young mother of three was dead, found murdered in the downstairs suite that morning.
“I’m really scared,” she said.
“They seemed quite quiet.”
RCMP Cpl. Dale Carr of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) said Bahia’s death was discovered about 11:20 a.m. when family members returned to the house from an outing.
Carr confirmed two of the woman’s three children were home when the slaying occurred, but was unable to disclose if they were witnesses.
Carr did not reveal the cause of death beyond describing it as a “brutal, violent attack.”
He said Bahia’s husband and other family members were interviewed by police and were being “fully cooperative” with investigators.
Carr said IHIT investigators did not have any suspects as of Thursday morning and were unable to say whether it was a targeted attack or a random incident.
The Bahia family are long-term residents, who have lived on the street in their own home for several years, neighbours said.
The home was often the scene of large get-togethers, with many visitors and their vehicles attending what appeared to be well-behaved parties.
The street, a short wooded lane just off Highway 10 that runs past J.T. Brown Elementary School is considered quiet these days, but one resident, who asked not to be named, said there have been problems with drug dealing and prostitution in the past that still flare up from time to time.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the IHIT tip line at 1-877-543-9217, or if you wish to remain anonymous call Crime Stoppers at 604-669-TIPS.
Source: The Surrey Leader
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