Police: Man found in the lake was Austin teacher

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Police: Man found in the lake was Austin teacher
Topic Started: Apr 19 2008, 04:49 PM (185 Views)
DoYouEverWonder	Apr 19 2008, 04:49 PM Post #1
Posts: 435 Group: Members Member #206 Joined: 01/24/08	Riad Hamad was the director of The Palestine Children’s Welfare Fund (PCWF), an advocacy group whose expressed goal is “to improve the living standards of the children of Palestine in the refugee camps inside Palestine. Quote: : April 16, 2008 AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) -- Police on Thursday identified a man who was found bound with duct tape in Lady Bird Lake in East Austin. Parkgoers discovered the body of Riad Hamad, 55, Wednesday afternoon just east of the Interstate 35 bridge near Festival Beach. Hamad was a computer teacher at Small Middle School and had been planning a trip to Palestine to teach children there. Witnesses who found Hamad said the man had duct tape on his face, and his hands were tied. Police have called the death suspicious. Investigators on Thursday said family and other sources have told them that Hamad was suicidal. Read the news release from APD. "Right now, the indications are that this was not, there was not foul play involved," said police Sgt. Joseph Chacon. "The bindings, although I can't go into them extensively, I can tell you that it is possible that he could have done this to himself." Hamad's death was announced to students Thursday. Student Sara Fulton said Hamad was a good teacher and a nice man. She said she was devastated when she found out that he was dead. "People think that Muslims are like violent, but they're not," Fulton said. Ana Fulton, the student's mother, used to volunteer at the middle school, where she worked with Hamad. She said he was a peaceful activist and a nice man. "He stood up for what he believed in," Ana Fulton said. "For him, to have sticker on his car, saying expressing himself about the freedom of Palestine and the peaceful activism he was doing, I admire him for that." Hamad was reported missing when he did not return home from a trip to the pharmacy Monday, according to a statement by his family. Family said Hamad had spent 10 years with the Austin Independent School District. He was a University of Texas graduate and had been pursuing a graduate degree. Hamad was also a peace activist. http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=8176879&nav=menu73_2_10 Doesn't eveybody bind themselves with ducktape before they kill themselves?
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Lin Kuei	Apr 21 2008, 08:09 AM Post #2
Posts: 1,307 Group: Admins Member #5 Joined: 12/22/07	DoYouEverWonder Apr 19 2008, 04:49 PM Doesn't eveybody bind themselves with ducktape before they kill themselves? Well, not as often as using the method of shooting themselves directly in the back of the head 2+ times.... personal preference, i guess...
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