popular, a straight a student and wanted to attend college and become an airline pilot. tina wanted to be american. tina wanted to be independent. she wanted to have a career. she wanted to travel. she wanted to be her own person. her mother and father, zein and maria isa, were immigrants from palestine and ran a small grocery store in downtown st. louis. like most immigrants, the palestinians went into the food business. that s a tradition in america. food service is one of the easiest types of business to operate. what was especially appealing to the isas and their relatives is it was another way to rip off america. they could avoid paying taxes. they would play little games with food stamp fraud, grocery coupons. i mean, zein even said he loved america because there were so many ways to rip it off. on november 6, 1989, tina was
many ways to rip it off. on november 6, 1989, tina was working the night shift at a fast-food restaurant. according to the isas, tina arrived home at midnight and there was an argument. tina said she wanted to live on her own and demanded her parents give her $5,000 to support herself. when they refused, they say tina pulled a knife from her backpack and threatened them. in the tussle, zein said he turned the knife on his daughter in self-defense. the father was saying it was self-defense. the wife was saying, yes, it was self-defense. i was standing there watching it. so the only two witnesses to the crime had their stories kind of get together that their daughter had attacked them and then in defending themselves, the father killed her. news of tina isa s death stunned her friends and classmates.
and wanted to attend college and become an airline pilot. tina wanted to be american. tina wanted to be independent. she wanted to have a career. she wanted to travel. she wanted to be her own person. her mother and father, zein and maria isa, were immigrants from palestine and ran a grocery store in downtown st. louis. like most immigrants, the palestinians went into the food business. that s a tradition in america. food service is one of the easiest types of businesses to operate. what was especially appealing to the isas and their relatives it was another way to rip off america. they could avoid paying taxes. they would play little games with food stamp fraud, grocery coupons. i mean, zein even said he loved america because there were so many ways to rip it off. on november 6, 1989, tina was working the night shift at a
on november 6, 1989, tina was working the night shift at a fast-food restaurant. according to the isas, tina arrived home at midnight and there was an argument. tina said she wanted to live on her own and demanded her parents give her $5,000 to support herself. when they refused, they say tina pulled a knife from her backpack and threatened them. in the tussle, zein said he turned the knife on his daughter in self-defense. the father was saying it was self-defense. the wife was saying, yes, it was self-defense. i was standing there watching it. so the only two witnesses to the crime had their stories kind of get together that their daughter had attacked them and then in defending themselves, the father killed her. news of tina isa s death stunned her friends and classmates. just her charisma, just her attitude overall, period. she was too nice of a person to
become an airline pilot. tina wanted to be american. tina wanted to be independent. she wanted to have a career. she wanted to travel. she wanted to be her own person. her mother and father, zein and maria isa, were immigrants from palestine and ran a grocery store in downtown st. louis. like most immigrants, the palestinians went into the food business. that s a tradition in america. food service is one of the easiest types of businesses to operate. what was especially appealing to the isas and their relatives it was another way to rip off america. they could avoid paying taxes. they would play little games with food stamp fraud, grocery coupons. i mean, zein even said he loved america because there were so many ways to rip it off. on november 6, 1989, tina was working the night shift at a fast-food restaurant. according to the isas, tina