newspaper reported “Daily TelegraphThe Australian, on Sunday, said that the family of two Saudi sisters who were found dead in an apartment in the Australian city of Sydney had asked the police not to publish their photos in order to seek help in solving the issue of their mysterious death.
The competent authorities had found the two Saudi girls, Israa Abdullah Al-Sahli, 24, and her sister, Amal, 23, dead, each in their beds, in early June, without any traces of violence or an intrusion into their apartment in Canterbury, southwest of Sydney.
The police have not been able to determine the cause of the death of the two girls so far, while sources told the “Daily Telegraph” that the police had contacted the family of the two victims in Saudi Arabia to obtain permission to publish their photos in the context of a request for help to uncover the mystery of their death, but the request was met. Rejected, according to the newspaper.
However, the investigator in charge of the case overturned the family’s decision and insisted that the photos be published so that she could obtain as much information as possible.
The girls’ family has not spoken to the media since the case was revealed.
The newspaper reported that the two sisters had received a notice to vacate the house last May, just weeks before their death, after they were late in paying rent.
The agent for the rental company, Jay Ho, said Esraa and Amal had rented the house two years ago and had no problems, before bills piled up earlier this year.
Jae Ho added, “They stopped paying rent, so my colleague called them, and they replied that the money would come to them soon, but several weeks went by without us getting paid.”
Hu said the two girls had received a notice to vacate the property. The company had no further contact with them until the police informed them of the death.
He said the unit they were living in had been advertised for rent last week and had undergone renovations, including painting and carpeting.
Claudia Alcroft, a Burwood Police Detective Inspector in charge of the investigation, said police still knew very little about the circumstances that led to their deaths, while Jay Ho explained that the police took what they needed from the house and asked his company to dispose of the rest of the furniture.
The Guardian Australia had previously reported that the two girls had applied for asylum in Australia.
In 2019, Israa submitted a request for protection from violence against a man, but this request was later withdrawn.