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10yo Boy's Body Found In The Tub, Wrapped In Cloth Up To His Neck

Anubis said:
Just a guess, but I suppose that just because it was natural, doesn't mean it wasn't preventable. Also, the abuse of a corpse thing.
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True, however, I tend to think of abuse of a corpse as being more along the lines of mutilation, dismemberment, stuff that shows obvions disregard for and degradation of the deceased's body..could be wrong tho
 
sinfulplezurz702 said:
To us it's hinky, but to them tho, it's possible that its just the way they do things. Different religions and different cultures have different ways of handling their dead.
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I'm not disagreeing but this happened in Texas and not India where it is their cultural norm so it's only natural that it be investigated here. I would rather the police investigate 100 natural deaths with a microscope than have 1 baby killer walk free.
 
sinfulplezurz702 said:
True, however, I tend to think of abuse of a corpse as being more along the lines of mutilation, dismemberment, stuff that shows obvions disregard for and degradation of the deceased's body..could be wrong tho
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I think not reporting the death and leaving the body for a period of time can be considered abuse of a corpse. Not positive though...
 
sinfulplezurz702 said:
To us it's hinky, but to them tho, it's possible that its just the way they do things. Different religions and different cultures have different ways of handling their dead.
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But this is Merica!!! Our way or no way....

Seriously, this is a sad, sad case of xenophobia as far as I can tell.
 
Well investigating it, that's one thing, but didn't it say they're still being charged with murder or whatever? Honestly I have no clue what went down there, but if the med examiner ruled the death from natural causes then what's the issue?
 
Could be that cause of death is natural but manner of death is undetermined or unknown which could make the police investigate further.

I don't remember seeing a murder charge but I'm a notorious skimmer on articles.
 
So...if she put the boy's body on ice so that the father could say goodbye, give last rites, etc...WHY did she tell her husband when he got home that she was going to pick the boy up from after school tutoring? Wouldn't she have brought the father in right away and not lied about him being dead? This doesn't sit right with me.
 
I have a very tragic update for you.

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/collin-county/2014/09/03/frisco-dhawan/15038593/

FRISCO — Frisco police have confirmed that two bodies were discovered Wednesday at the home where a 10-year-old boy was found dead in January.

They said one body was found in the residence; the other was found in a pool.

Authorities have not identified the two people who were found dead. The home on Mountain View Lane is owned by Pallavi and Sumeet Dhawan, who are the parents of 10-year-old Arnav.
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Heard it on the radio. Neighbors complained of gunshots over the weekend but the police didn't find any bodies till today. Something about the pool too.
 
Oh no, no... how sad. I could be wrong but having grown up in a town with a large Indian and Pakistani community I have to say I really don't think the parents did anything to the child, the mom's actions were in keeping with the father making decisions for the family, and the fact she tried briefly to keep the boy's death from the father is totally understandable with the subservient nature of women of the culture. It is hard to break hundreds of years of habit. This could be murder-suicide, or a suicide pact based on the belief they, or one of them, was going to be charged with a crime which actually never happened. Just my 2cents. My best buddy in high school dated an Indian guy for a while and we had some very, um, interesting times then.
 
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Not that I think much of people who commit suicide, but I hope that's what this was, rather than a murder-suicide.

This story really made me sad, given their culture. I really think she was trying to honour her son and his father.

Perhaps Mom did it to herself, and Dad followed suit?? If that's the case - they may never know for sure as it could look like an accident OR he pushed her in.....
 
That is heartbreaking, you have your family and everything is good and then it comes to this..I am so sad.
 
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26441507/police-investigating-reports-of-two-bodies-at-dhawan-home

Frisco police confirmed Thursday that the two dead bodies that were found Wednesday afternoon at a Frisco home belong to the parents of a 10-year-old boy who was found dead in January in the same home.

The bodies have been identified as that of 43-year-old Sumeet Dhawan and his wife, 39-year-old Pallavi Dhawan.

Police have not said if the Dhawans died as a result of a double-suicide or murder-suicide.
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Wow how tragic.
I wasn't familiar with this story so I just read it from the beginning. I thought the update would be that all charges against the mom had been dropped.

I don't think she killed her son, but I do think she probably killed her husband & herself. Maybe the loss of her child along with the charges still pending against her just sent her off the deep end? :(
 
From the article I posted above.

"It's not only critically important as they think hopefully about the soul of the departed person, but this becomes a dangerous entity in a sense for the family, and to a certain extent brings an amount of shame and guilt to the family in terms of their wider relations,” SMU global theology professor Robert Hunt told FOX 4 on Thursday.

Hunt lived in Malaysia and Singapore and has deeply studied Hinduism and Indian culture.

“The very fact of being charged, the very fact of having an investigation go to a grand jury can being a deep sense of guilt and shame that, for an American, isn't going to be the first thing that happens,” said Hunt.

The Dhawans' Hindu religion, like most, generally discourages suicide. However, Hunt says there are conditions in which suicide is considered the right thing to do.

"Generally speaking, the cause of it, or the ostensible cause of it, is, and what makes it right, I should say, is that it calls attention to a grave injustice,” said Hunter. “It becomes the only way that a completely powerless person can say, ‘This is unjust.'”
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Can you cremate a body during a murder investigation? I think this is just a tragedy. The death of a child with medical issues. If they really thought mom killed him they wouldnt have allowed the family to cremate him before getting all of the results, would they? Hopefully they get their answers and let poor mom and dad grieve.
 
i have to say she went first and he found her, then he did himself in. the ONLY reason i say this is because if i know i had the choice of a bullet to the head or drowning myself, i would take a gun any day. i would so not be able to drown myself.
 
Sounds like she killed her spouse....


http://www.dallasnews.com/news/comm...-show-man-had-head-injuries-wife-had-none.ece

Preliminary autopsy results for a Frisco couple found dead in their home this week show that the man suffered blunt force trauma to the head.

His wife, who was under investigation on suspicion of killing their 10-year-old son in January, showed no signs of injuries, according to information released Friday by the Frisco Police Department.

The bodies of Sumeet and Pallavi Dhawan were discovered Wednesday when police went to their home to investigate a report of a possible drowning.

Pallavi was found in the backyard swimming pool. Her husband was on a bed in a downstairs bedroom.

There was no sign of forced entry and no indication that anyone else had entered the home.

Police would not comment on how or when the deaths occurred. Officials said it was too early to determine whether the deaths were a murder-suicide.

“We don’t have all the answers yet,” Assistant Police Chief Darren Stevens said at a news conference.

A note was found in the home, but authorities didn’t release its contents or say who had written it.
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More info at the link.
 
penelopejo said:
Preliminary autopsy results for a Frisco couple found dead in their home this week show that the man suffered blunt force trauma to the head.
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This makes me question the child's death a bit more too. I was willing to believe that it was a cultural custom of preserving his body but now seeing that it appears she killed her husband, I don't know, makes me wonder.

Did she murder her husband because it was about to be revealed that she had murdered the son?

Or, it could simply be a terrible tragedy, like I said just makes me wonder.
 
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