Police yet to find a motive for the murders.
AB Wire
The two sons of the Bangladeshi American couple Golam and Shamima Rabbi, who were found shot dead in their house in San Jose, California on Sunday, have been arrested and booked on murder charges, today, on Thursday.
Hasib Golam Rabbi, 22, is being held at Santa Clara County Jail and his 17-year-old brother is at Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall, reported ABC 7 News. Police say there are no other suspects and no motive has been released.
A source said chilling messages had been written on the walls and floor at the murder scene. According to the source, the messages said “Sorry, my first kill was clumsy,” and “I can’t be like you telling a lie. I can’t love someone without telling them.”
The San Jose Mercury News had earlier reported the killings were done by somebody familiar to the couple, who were aged 59 and 57, respectively. Earlier this week, police had said they wanted to find Hasib, but at that time he wasn’t a suspect. Police say Hasib was arrested in Tracy and his brother was arrested in San Jose. The brothers had also not been seen by family members for several days.
Police officers, when they reached the house at 1:47 p.m. on Sunday, found the couple murdered, San Jose Police said in a statement. The husband and wife were both shot at least once, police said. According to ABC 7 News, family and friends entered the couple’s home on Sunday through an unlocked sliding glass door after not hearing from them for several days.
The couple moved to the United States from Bangladesh several decades ago, their friends told ABC 7 News. Golam Rabbi worked as an engineer and also taught at a local junior college, according to his Facebook page, reported Heavy.com. Shamima Rabbi was an accountant who graduated from San Jose State University in 1995, according to her Linkedin profile. She worked at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Terrasat Communications, Nuanace Communications and ArrayComm.
Golam Rabbi’s Facebook page shows several photos of trips the couple took, including to Canada, China and their native Bangladesh. Family friends said Golam Rabbi liked to hunt and had several guns in the house, according to KTVU.
“I just said be careful,” a friend, Hasan Rahim, told KTVU. “If you have weapons in the house be careful.”
The couple were members of the South Bay Islamic Association and the Evergreen Islamic Center. The South Bay Islamic Association issued a statement: “With heavy hearts, we would like to announce that Br. Golam and Sr. Shamima Rabbi, long-time residents of the Evergreen Community and volunteers at EIC and SBIA, passed away earlier today. The circumstances of their passing are still under investigation and therefore details of the Janaza/Burial are yet to be announced.
“We ask Allah (swt) to forgive the deceased, shower His mercy on them, and make their graves a garden from paradise. In addition, we extend our deepest condolences to the family and ask Allah (swt) to grant them strength and patience during this most difficult time.
A member of the Evergreen Islamic Center mosque, Hasan Rahim, told ABC 7 News the couple were humble, polite and peaceful.
“So that’s why it’s so difficult to reconcile to the tragic, violent end to such simple, gentle souls,” Rahim said.