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Toronto neurosurgeon, 43, pleads guilty to the 2016 murder of his wife just days before his trial is due to start – Mohammed Shamji, strangled his physician wife, Elana, stuffed her body into a suitcase and left it by a river

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Toronto neurosurgeon who strangled his wife&comma; stuffed her body into a suitcase and left it by a river pleads guilty to her murder just days before his trial is due to start<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Mohammed Shamji&comma; 43&comma; entered a guilty plea of second-degree murder in a Toronto court on Monday<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>The neurosurgeon was 40 when he killed his physician wife&comma; Elana Fric-Shamji&comma; then 40&comma; in 2016 after an argument&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Police claim Shamji strangled the mother of his three children in their garage before hitting her with a blunt object and dumping her body<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Fric-Shamji had filed for divorce two days before her death after alleging their 12-year marriage was marred by domestic violence<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>He faces an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for at least 10 years<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong>&nbsp&semi; <img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-314408" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;04&sol;Mohammed-Shamji-left-and-Elana-Fric-Shamji-right-2-300x292&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"727" height&equals;"708"> Mohammed Shamji &lbrack;left&rsqb; has pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of his wife&comma; Elana Fric-Shamji &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; who was found dead in a suitcase in Vaughan&comma; Ontario<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>A Canadian neurosurgeon pled guilty on Monday to the 2016 killing of his physician wife&comma; just days before his trial was due to begin&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mohammed Shamji&comma; 43&comma;&nbsp&semi;entered a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;torontosun&period;com&sol;news&sol;local-news&sol;mandel-toronto-neurosurgeon-pleads-guilty-in-wifes-murder">guilty plea to the second-degree murder<&sol;a> of&nbsp&semi;Elana Fric-Shamji&nbsp&semi;at a Toronto courthouse&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He faces&nbsp&semi;an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for at least 10 years&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<iframe style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;12&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;primeent&amp&semi;banner&equals;167KTXY4JXQWA6K8A502&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;lc&equals;pf4&amp&semi;linkID&equals;951baa4a157e269a6f3fb50a9fb8f31b&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"250" frameborder&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><&sol;iframe> <iframe style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;12&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;amzn&lowbar;firetv&lowbar;decembertpr&amp&semi;banner&equals;1RGY50AZXV9P03PBXYR2&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;lc&equals;pf4&amp&semi;linkID&equals;d2ce3432e3c9d5af3e2cb332142dd0cd&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"250" frameborder&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;A statement read out in court said then 40-year-old Shamji killed his wife&comma; also 40&comma; during an argument&period; She had filed for divorce two days earlier&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Fric-Shamji claimed she had been a victim of domestic violence during their 12-year marriage&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitLeft">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-314412" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;04&sol;Elana-Fric-Shamji-Left-and-Mohammed-Shamji-right-1-300x168&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"700" height&equals;"392">Elana Fric-Shamji &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; worked as a family doctor at the Scarborough and Rouge Hospital in Toronto&period; The husband accused in her murder&comma;&nbsp&semi; Mohammed Shamji &lbrack;right&rsqb; was a neurosurgeon at Toronto Western Hospital<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The Toronto neurosurgeon entered a surprise guilty plea to the lesser count of second-degree murder&comma; after holding out for three years came&period; The plea stopped his oldest daughter having to have to testify against him and describe the final horrific moments of her mother’s life&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<iframe style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;48&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;kindlerotating&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;linkID&equals;b710f109988fe5b382a7b95b8d56752c&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" width&equals;"728" height&equals;"90" frameborder&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;Yasmin was just 11 when she awoke to the sound of her parents arguing in their North York bedroom&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She heard banging&comma; her mom scream&comma; then silence&comma;” according to the agreed statement of facts&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The 11-year-old went to her parents’ room to investigate&period; She was ordered back to bed by her father&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The neurosurgeon&comma; who has been in custody since his arrest on December 2&comma; 2016&comma;&nbsp&semi;stuffed his wife&&num;8217&semi;s body into a suitcase where it was discovered dumped the next day by a passer-by near the Humber River in the southern Ontario city of Vaughan&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<iframe style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;50&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;artscrafts&amp&semi;banner&equals;1BAZ7022V3GWD1XFVQ02&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;linkID&equals;6076d36cf54c8186357d962bc6634ced&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" width&equals;"720" height&equals;"300" frameborder&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;She was killed from strangulation and blunt force trauma&comma; according to police&period; Shamji was arrested at a coffee shop in Mississauga a day after her body was found&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Speaking outside the courthouse on Monday&comma; Ana Fric&comma; Elana&&num;8217&semi;s mother&comma; said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Justice will never befall us&period; The only justice we will ever have is if she will come back&comma; and she will never come back&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;News of the murder and Shamji&&num;8217&semi;s complicity was met with shock in the Toronto area at the time&comma; particularly within the medical community&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Shamjis were highly regarded doctors whose marriage produced three children&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-314415" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;04&sol;Mohammed-Shamji-left-and-Elana-Fric-Shamji-right-3-1-300x293&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"711" height&equals;"694">An idyllic marriage&quest; Hardly&colon; The pair posted pictures on social media suggesting a happy couple&period; However&comma; Fric-Shamji claimed their marriage was 12 years marked by domestic abuse&period; <&sol;strong><strong style&equals;"font-size&colon; 1em&semi;">Mohammed ultimately was convicted in her death three years after she was murdered during a domestic dispute<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-314432" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;04&sol;Elana-Fric-Shamji-4-233x300&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"277" height&equals;"358"> <img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-314414" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;04&sol;Elana-Fric-Shamji-2-241x300&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"287" height&equals;"356"> &nbsp&semi; &nbsp&semi;Elana <&sol;strong><strong style&equals;"font-size&colon; 1em&semi;">Fric-Shamji who worked as a family doctor at the Scarborough and Rouge Hospital in Toronto was killed as a result of the domestic violence she was trying to escape<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Fric-Shamji worked as a family doctor at the Scarborough and Rouge Hospital in Toronto&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Before his arrest&comma; Shamji was a neurosurgeon at Toronto Western Hospital and a faculty member at the University of Toronto&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;They both had advanced degrees from Duke University in the US&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Witnesses reported hearing the couple arguing at their home on the night of the killing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;printmytat&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;printmytattoo&period;com&sol;images&sol;banners&sol;250x250-c&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;printmytat&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;printmytattoo&period;com&sol;images&sol;banners&sol;300x250-a&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Law enforcement officials alleged that Fric-Shamji was hit with a blunt force object in the couple&&num;8217&semi;s garage&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Neighbors <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;torontosun&period;com&sol;2016&sol;12&sol;02&sol;toronto-doctors-disappearance-worries-neighbours-friends" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">said<&sol;a> Elana Fric-Shamji had filed for divorce from her husband and that she was in &&num;8216&semi;good spirits&&num;8217&semi; in the days leading up to her death because she was &&num;8216&semi;looking toward her new life&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-314418" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;04&sol;Mohammed-Shamji-left-and-Elana-Fric-Shamji-right-and-their-children-5-262x300&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"580" height&equals;"664">The couple&&num;8217&semi;s 12-year&nbsp&semi; marriage produced three children&period; The oldest was set to testify against her dad before his surprise guilty plea on Monday<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"clear"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-314417" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;04&sol;Mohammed-Shamji-left-and-Elana-Fric-Shamji-right-6-300x296&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"599" height&equals;"591">Police believe Mohammed Shamji &lbrack;left&rsqb; killed his wife Elana &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; in the couple&&num;8217&semi;s garage after an argument<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">At the time of the killing&comma; the couple&&num;8217&semi;s children&comma; Yasmin&comma; 12&comma; Faiza&comma; 9&comma; and 3-year-old Marius were placed in the care of her maternal grandparents&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Fric-Shamji&&num;8217&semi;s&nbsp&semi;grisly death was a far cry from images the couple presented on their social media accounts&comma; which show a husband and wife enjoying one another&&num;8217&semi;s company&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;affiliates&sol;images&sol;banners&sol;2018&sol;feb&sol;banner728x90&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; sources told the Toronto Sun that the marriage was marred by previous incidents in which the police were called to the house&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s very shocking&comma;&&num;8217&semi; a friend told the Sun&period; &&num;8216&semi;She was just a wonderful&comma; wonderful person&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;in 2005&comma; Shamji entered into a peace bond admitting his wife has reason to fear he’d &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;cause personal injury to her”&period; Elana Fric-Shamji served her husband with divorce papers on Nov&period; 28&comma; 2016<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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