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Amela Pasanbegovic

Death by Force
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Amela Pasanbegovic, a 20-year-old female refugee of Bosnian ethnicity, disappeared on or around July 11, 1995, in Hanover Park, Illinois. She had recently relocated to the United States from Bosnia-Herzegovina with her older sister, 22-year-old female Dzeneta Pasanbegovic, also of Bosnian ethnicity. The sisters had only been in the U.S. for approximately six months before their disappearance. They were living together in a shared residence in Hanover Park at the time.

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  • Charges dropped in 1995 murder of sisters - ABC11
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    Victim Details

    Amela Pasanbegovic

    Female

    Hanover Park

    IL

    1995-07-11

    20

    Amela

    Pasanbegovic

    11/19/2025

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