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Etab Makhoul

Case from Allentown, PA dated Sep 14, 2014

Victim Details

Etab Makhoul

Female

White / Caucasian

Allentown

PA

2014-09-14

36

Etab

Makhoul

07/13/2026

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Etab Makhoul, a 36-year-old woman of Syrian descent, tragically lost her life on September 14, 2014, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The incident was determined to be a murder-suicide, as her ex-husband, Mouwaffak Mahkoul, also died at the scene. The bodies were discovered outside Etab's home on the 1900 block of East Greenleaf Street.

Authorities concluded that Mouwaffak Mahkoul fatally shot Etab before taking his own life. The Lehigh County Coroner's Office confirmed that both deaths were a ...
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  • PennLive.com: Shooting deaths of Syrian immigrants in Allentown ruled murder-suicide, coroner confirms
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    I can't stop thinking about Etab's children. Losing a parent is devastating enough, but to have both... ...Read More
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