Manslaughter? Sounds more like murder. Oh, wait. It's Dearborn.
Jan 22, 2007 - Retired schoolteacher
Mohammed Hussein El-Aftal, 68, was arrested and faces first-degree murder, felony firearm and disinterment/mutilation charges in the 2001 murder of his son-in-law.
He was arraigned and charged with killing his son-in-law and hiding the body for 5 years. The body was found by Dearborn police in an undisclosed Detroit location. The next day El-Aftal and his son were arrested.El-Aftal remains in jail. A preliminary is scheduled for Feb 2. Police say the motive was unclear, but likely was the result of a domestic dispute.
The son, who is considered a witness in the case, was ordered to post a $200,000 bond stay in the state, relinquish travel documents and wear a tether.
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PRELIMINARY Feb 2 - El-Aftal will stand trial. His son testified today his father told him he shot and killed his brother-in-law Walid Alyoussef in the family's garage in 2001 while he was at work. Another son remains a person of interest in the case.
Following up on a tip, police said they followed Mohammad El-Astal on Jan. 18 and watched him throw away a small bag with two guns and clips from a handgun in a trash bin behind a dollar store on Warren in Detroit.An arraignment is scheduled for Feb 16.
Later that day, the body's remains were found in two large garbage bags at a BP gas station on Seven Mile Road near Interstate 75. Two other bags were not recovered.
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SENTENCED March 15, 2008 - Mohammed El-Astal pleaded guilty Feb. 25 to lesser charges of manslaughter and using a firearm in the commission of a felony. He was sentenced March 11 to 11 to 15 years in prison.
