Saturday March 30, 2019
By Andrew Johnson and Rafael Avitabile
Muna Kuri, a Somali, came to the US from Kenya in 2000 and married her husband, Abdiaziz Kerow, in 2014.
The husband of a woman found
dead in her City Heights apartment earlier this month was arrested in
Panama in connection with her death, police said Friday.
Abdiaziz
Kerow, 45, was returned to the United States on Thursday and was
charged with murder in the death of his wife, Muna Salad Kuri, 36, the
San Diego Police Department said.
Kuri
was found dead by her sister, Amiina Salad, in her home on Van Dyke
Avenue near Polk Avenue on the morning of March 4, two days after the
last time family had heard from her. Salad said she came to check on her after Kuri didn't show up to the daycare center where she worked.
Police said the woman had traumatic injuries to her head.
Her
husband, Kerow, was nowhere to be found and a day after her death, SDPD
said Kerow was wanted as a person of interest. An arrest warrant was
later issued, SDPD confirmed.
Then
on March 20, Kerow was located and arrested in Panama before being
returned to San Diego where he was booked into county jail, SDPD said.
Kuri, a Somali, came to the United States from Kenya in 2000 and married her husband in 2014.
Abdiaziz
Kerow, 45, was returned to the United States on Thursday and was
charged with murder in the death of his wife, Muna Salad Kuri, 36, the
San Diego Police Department said. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Several
members of the local Somali community were seen gathered outside of
Kuri’s home while police investigated her death, many in disbelief.
Her
death was mourned by San Diego City Council President Georgette Gómez
who said Kuri was an active member of the Somali community and a
caretaker to many.
Members of the City Heights Somali community gather at the crime scene on March 4. Courtesy OnScene.TV