Found Deceased Canada - Mohd Abdullah, 60, univ professor, failed to show up @ work, Kamloops, 14 Mar 2022 *Arrest*

[bombardier]

This article answers a question I had (was he involved with this divorce lawyer because he was going thru a divorce?) and offers some more info about Mohd's life.
TRU senior lecturer remembered as a quiet and kind man - Kamloops This Week
-his wife had died a few years ago from cancer
-Abdullah was also a pilates and yoga instructor in the city
-a former student of Abdullah’s described him as a very nice man who was very physically active.
-Abdullah was the subject of a KTW story in 2009 that had international reach, when he spoke out after being warned by staff at the Tournament Capital Centre not to wear shorts deemed too short. The then-48-year old felt the policy discriminatory and refused to heed the warning, calling it a double standard

 

[bombardier]

The article about the little shorts, if anyone wanted to know more. He seemed like an interesting guy! Funny, too. I don't have the confidence to wear those lil booty shorts so all props to him If I'm doing pilates in my 40s and have strong quads I'd want to show em off too.
"I'm not going to change my style, not when I'm a half century old," he said. "I'm just going to keep wearing what I'm wearing".

 

[katydid23]

Butch the attorney is an expert at 'solving disputes?' Apparently not.

I cannot imagine how this lawyer and mediator ended up with a deceased professor in a plastic bin in his rental van. What a nightmare.

 

[evilwise]

I would guess this attorney was hired as a cleaner by someone else and didn't do a very good job of it. He may turn up dead next, before he identifies his client.

 

[TenaciousTBacon]

The article quotes a fellow teacher in the department who says he didn't know Professor Abdullah but had worked with him for 21 years? What kind of department meetings do they have at this college?

Has anyone read about parents, siblings or children? I've seen nothing about family yet. I work at a college and this man's death is hitting close to my heart. What a mystery.

 

[ttcRider]

The article quotes a fellow teacher in the department who says he didn't know Professor Abdullah but had worked with him for 21 years? What kind of department meetings do they have at this college?

Has anyone read about parents, siblings or children? I've seen nothing about family yet. I work at a college and this man's death is hitting close to my heart. What a mystery.

Why go after a quote from some fellow teacher who didnt know him? 21 yrs and you don't know him... I guess, do we really know anyone?? I havent heard from any other sources. I hope someone comes forward with something.

 

[realanastasia]

The article quotes a fellow teacher in the department who says he didn't know Professor Abdullah but had worked with him for 21 years? What kind of department meetings do they have at this college?

Has anyone read about parents, siblings or children? I've seen nothing about family yet. I work at a college and this man's death is hitting close to my heart. What a mystery.

His title was "Senior Lecturer." That isn't, IMO, as commonly used in U.S. colleges/universities as the titles "adjunct instructor" or "adjunct professor" or "lecturer." But in general, I would presume that a "senior lecturer" is not on the tenure track and is likely to be employed on short-term contracts to teach specific classes in a given semester. Therefore it would not surprise me if the deceased wasn't included in "department meetings" and might not be particularly well-known by people who might be considered his colleagues.

 

[TenaciousTBacon]

His title was "Senior Lecturer." That isn't, IMO, as commonly used in U.S. colleges/universities as the titles "adjunct instructor" or "adjunct professor" or "lecturer." But in general, I would presume that a "senior lecturer" is not on the tenure track and is likely to be employed on short-term contracts to teach specific classes in a given semester. Therefore it would not surprise me if the deceased wasn't included in "department meetings" and might not be particularly well-known by people who might be considered his colleagues.

Interesting. Thank you for the information.

 

[Yemelyan]

I would guess this attorney was hired as a cleaner by someone else and didn't do a very good job of it. He may turn up dead next, before he identifies his client.

Interesting. I would have thought the connection between the two might be more "recreational," let's say. But I guess time will tell what the police can prove.

 

[realanastasia]

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/kamloop...ecturer-was-his-trusted-friend-family/it89796

 

[katydid23]

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/kamloop...ecturer-was-his-trusted-friend-family/it89796

Interesting---that^^^ gives me a potential motive.

The daughter says the attorney was a trusted friend, who knew all about her father's assets and properties, etc. Sounds like the attorney might have been trying to gain control of those assets, by making Abdullah disappear?

 

[Satchie]

Interesting---that^^^ gives me a potential motive.

The daughter says the attorney was a trusted friend, who knew all about her father's assets and properties, etc. Sounds like the attorney might have been trying to gain control of those assets, by making Abdullah disappear?

That might be possible...but to me it's more likely, with lawyers and professors who are not desperate for money, but not millionaires either, that the death was unplanned, perhaps to try to cover up something like fraud. At least, that would be the plot in a detective novel.

The van appears to have been driven all over the region, yet was found back in Kamloops with remains still there...doesn't seem like a plan...

JMO

 

[LadyL]

this is just so bizarre
what lurks beneath the surface I wonder?

 

[katydid23]

That might be possible...but to me it's more likely, with lawyers and professors who are not desperate for money, but not millionaires either, that the death was unplanned, perhaps to try to cover up something like fraud. At least, that would be the plot in a detective novel.

The van appears to have been driven all over the region, yet was found back in Kamloops with remains still there...doesn't seem like a plan...

JMO

Yes, it certainly does not appear to be a very sound plan. Was he just overwhelmed and in a panic?

 

[katydid23]

this is just so bizarre
what lurks beneath the surface I wonder?

IKR. There must be quite a backstory.

 

[Satchie]

IKR. There must be quite a backstory.

Interesting to me that the victim lived and has a daughter in the Phillipines, and the lawyer's name is Filipino. So perhaps it was a connection made through the local Filipino community (which I imagine is quite small in Kamloops)

Just an observation, but many first generation immigrants keep their friendships/business dealings within their community of origin.

 

[evilwise]

Interesting to me that the victim lived and has a daughter in the Phillipines, and the lawyer's name is Filipino. So perhaps it was a connection made through the local Filipino community (which I imagine is quite small in Kamloops)

Just an observation, but many first generation immigrants keep their friendships/business dealings within their community of origin.

The posted article about his daughter (who has lived her whole life in the Philippines) strongly suggested that their relationship was very cultural.

I actually had forgotten about the extremely lethal drug war that President Duterte has been waging there even though it was a top interest of mind pre-pandemic. It's crazy how a person's priorities can change in actual crises - and apparently Duterte has taken advantage of that to crank it up into even higher gear the last couple years. I have to wonder if this might be related to that.

 

[bombardier]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kamloops-murder-victim-family-1.6400446
I'm interested as to how they know that the van was previously driven all around... I'm guessing it passed by some traffic cameras that automatically noted the license plate? Or they have credit card statements that show gas/related purchases in all those small towns?
I don't understand the rationale for the random driving... it could be unrelated to the homicide/body disposal, and instead represent whatever was happening that lead to the homicide in the first place. Another darker thought is perhaps this is a dismemberment situation? and pieces were being strategically discarded.

 

[bombardier]

^ also, mark your calendars; next court appearance is April 21st.

 

[Satchie]

I'm interested as to how they know that the van was previously driven all around... I'm guessing it passed by some traffic cameras that automatically noted the license plate? Or they have credit card statements that show gas/related purchases in all those small towns?
I don't understand the rationale for the random driving... it could be unrelated to the homicide/body disposal, and instead represent whatever was happening that lead to the homicide in the first place. Another darker thought is perhaps this is a dismemberment situation? and pieces were being strategically discarded.

In the case of Shannon White, LE found photos of her vehicle on the same two routes as identified in this case, so I think it's reasonable to expect they have photos of this van leaving and returning on both routes.

Valemount is the farthest, 300 k away. I think you'd have to fill up at least once on the trip there and back. It's only 1 hour to Cache Creek, but then the route divides so the van could have gone further.

LE seem to have quickly identified the lawyer, with enough proof to charge him, so he left some obvious clues.

I'm guessing he'll do what lawyers always advise, and remain silent.

JMO