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Shamsiddin Abdur Raheem

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Galloway Man Who Murdered Three-Month Old Baby Sentenced to Life in Prison

Shamsiddin Abdur-Raheem was found guilty of the 2010 crime in September.

A Galloway man found guilty of murdering his three-month old baby by throwing her into the Raritan River in 2010 was sentenced to life in prison, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced on Wednesday, Nov. 7. Shamsiddin Abdur-Raheem, 24, was also sentenced to 30 years in prison, to be served consecutively, for kidnapping, Chiesa said. As a result, Abdur-Raheem must serve 89 years without the possibility of parole. He was found guilty of throwing his baby, Zara, off a Garden State Parkway bridge into the river on Sept. 7, following a two-week trial in New Brunswick. Abdur-Raheem was found guilty of murder, kidnapping and endangering the welfare of a child. He was also found guilty of two counts of simple assault, after attacking the …

bob

2:32 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013

Keep him in prison. Death is too e.z. too good for him. Let him do Hard Time in prison. About the death penalty; I always ask... "Would you rather be dead or be doing life in prison, rotting away?" and the death penalty isn't always cheaper... the court process can take years and money   more ›

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