‘Brutally murdered’ couple found in valley near home in Irbid

AMMAN — Police on Saturday said they are investigating the brutal murder of a married couple in Irbid, whose bodies were found in a valley in Irbid Governorate over the weekend.

The victims, a 39-year-old man and his 32-year-old wife, were found dead in a valley near their home in Taibeh at dawn on Friday with multiple stab wounds to their bodies, a senior official source said.

“We still do not have a motive or any suspects in this brutal slaying of this married couple,” Police Spokesperson Lt. Col. Amer Sartawi told The Jordan Times.

The police official added that investigators have collected evidence from the scene and intensified their efforts to solve this murder.

A second source told The Jordan Times that police are currently questioning family members and neighbours.

“Police are focusing their investigations on some very close relatives of the deceased couple,” the second source said.

Meanwhile, an autopsy performed on the victims on Saturday by a team of pathologists headed by Ali Shotar indicated that the husband received a blow to the head and was stabbed five times, a senior medical source said, while the wife was stabbed over 12 times on different parts of her body, the medical source told The Jordan Times

The couple is survived by three daughters, official sources said.