Whitby, Ont., family desperate for answers after 13-year-old son’s death
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Subhan Mareer, 13, was found dead inside his family's car at the Oshawa Centre mall on Aug. 16. Police are investigating, and the Mareer family is desperate for answers.
It’s been one week since the death of 13-year-old Subhan Mareer, an event that has forever changed the lives of his family members.
“The unexpected and violent death of our son has traumatized our whole family,” Syed Mareer, father of Subhan, told reporters on Thrusday. “The worst part of it has been that we don’t have any answers about what happened,”
Syed Mareer said his family of six had gone to the Oshawa Centre mall on Friday, Aug. 16, between 4 p.m.. and 5:30 p.m. Mareer said they parked their blue Honda Odyssey at the mall’s second entrance, near the Tim Hortons.
The family, practicing Muslims, had just finished Friday prayers, Mareer said.
Subhan, the family’s eldest son, told his father he wanted to stay in the car and practice lines for an upcoming play.
Syed Mareer told reporters Subhan hated shopping and there was nothing unusual about him asking to stay behind.
The family went inside the mall, leaving Subhan seated in the middle seat with the car key.
When the family returned about 45 minutes to an hour later, they found Subhan with the seatbelt wrapped tightly around his neck.
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