WA parents found not guilty in Lacey attempted ‘honor killing’ trial

The Brief

  • A Lacey father and mother were found not guilty of second-degree attempted murder following a brutal attack on their daughter.
  • The incident occurred outside Timberline High School after the daughter claimed her parents planned to send her to another country for marriage.
  • The father was found guilty of second and fourth-degree assault and unlawful imprisonment, while the mother was found guilty of violation of a protective order.

LACEY, Wash. A verdict has been reached in the trial of a Lacey father and mother accused in an attempted “honor killing” of their own teenage daughter.

A jury found 44-year-old Ihsan Ali not guilty of second-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault. However, Ali was found guilty of second-degree and fourth-degree assault, and unlawful imprisonment.

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