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Ramina Shaw Murdered Coquitlam Realtor Ramina Shaw Had Problems With Ex. She Was Good Looking.
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Gregory Carr
Feb 2, 2022, 2:46:57 AM2/2/22
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Murdered Coquitlam realtor once faced civil forfeiture allegations with ex-husband
Ten days before she was stabbed to death in a Coquitlam parkade, Ramina Shah posted a cryptic message on her Instagram account
Author of the article:Kim Bolan
Publishing date:Feb 01, 2022 • 1 hour ago • 4 minute read • Join the conversation
Jan. 28, 2022: The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team released this photo of Ramina Shah, 32, of Maple Ridge. Shah was found with stab wounds inside a parkade in the 1100-block Austin Avenue in Coquitlam around 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 27. She died of her injuries.
Jan. 28, 2022: The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team released this photo of Ramina Shah, 32, of Maple Ridge. Shah was found with stab wounds inside a parkade in the 1100-block Austin Avenue in Coquitlam around 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 27. She died of her injuries. PHOTO BY HANDOUT/IHIT /PNG
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Ten days before she was stabbed to death in a Coquitlam parkade in mid-January, Ramina Shah posted a cryptic message on her Instagram account.
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“Be careful when it comes to revenge. Negative energy is a powerful force and the more you put out in the world, the more comes back on you. If you felt like you were done wrong, the best thing you can do is just take that energy and focus it on improving yourself,” she wrote.
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“Because in the end, you only hurt yourself trying to hurt other people. And what a waste of energy. You could’ve put that towards something positive in your life. I never wish ill on anyone. Even those trying to hurt me.”
She ended the post with a tiny white heart.
Police are now trying to find the person responsible for killing the new realtor and single mother of three, who loved to post selfies, family photos and positive messages.
Flowers at the scene of Ramina Shah’s murder, in a parkade under 1126 Austin Ave. Coquitlam, on Jan. 27, 2022
Flowers at the scene of Ramina Shah’s murder, in a parkade under 1126 Austin Ave. Coquitlam, on Jan. 27, 2022 PHOTO BY KIM BOLAN
She was attacked in the 22-stall parkade under her real-estate office in a strip mall at 1126 Austin Ave. in Coquitlam at about 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 27.
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Friends who started a GoFundMe page to cover the cost of a memorial service said that on the day she died, Shah had been “filming a video to promote her real estate career.” Records show she received her realtor’s licence last October.
“She will never be forgotten,” wrote the friends, who had raised almost $8,000 as of Tuesday afternoon. “Anyone who met her instantly fell in love. She was full of life, had a smile that lit up any room, and a laugh that took away all of your problems. She always stuck up for what was right, and never backed down from any fight. She was a leading example as a parent and it showed as her kids love her more than anything in the world.”
A makeshift memorial in the parkade has grown, with bunches of fresh flowers, cards and candles. A sign says the area is under video surveillance.
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The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team did not response to a request for an update on the case Tuesday. But earlier, Sgt. David Lee said investigators were looking for witnesses and dash-cam footage from those in the area between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m.
Nine months ago, a civil forfeiture lawsuit filed in 2018 to seize the house she once owned with ex-husband Bobby Shah was dismissed by the consent of all parties.
The house is now solely owned by Bobby Shah, also known as Bahman Djebelibak, who had faced a number of fraud and theft charges laid in June 2019 after a lengthy police investigation. Those charges were stayed in March 2021.
The B.C. government forfeiture lawsuit alleged that between 2015 and 2018, Bobby Shah “using various false identities persuaded numerous individuals to cash fraudulent cheques on his behalf and then provide him with cash, gift cards, or various consumer goods including jewelry, furniture and other household items.”
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Coquitlam RCMP searched the couple’s Maple Ridge house and their Port Coquitlam business, Hollywood Vape Labs, in March 2018. At the house, police found “multiple cellphones, various gold, silver and diamond jewellery items including earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings, watches and loose diamonds.”
They also seized “blank cheques and bank cards in the names of individuals other than the defendants” and “multiple” designer sunglasses, purses, handbags and wallets, belts, shoes, laptops, iPads and tablet computers, as well as “various receipts in the names of individuals other than the defendants.”
Also located at the house was a 2006 Pontiac G6 “registered in the name of one of Mr. Shah‘s victims” with “an illegal aftermarket compartment” containing a kilogram of cocaine, one to two kilograms of fentanyl, and other substances used as cutting agents for cocaine, the civil claim said.
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The location where Ramina Shah, 32, was stabbed at the end of her work day.
The location where Ramina Shah, 32, was stabbed at the end of her work day. PHOTO BY NICK PROCAYLO /PNG
Police found two tracking devices and “a hydraulic press with cocaine residue in the garage of the residence and a compatible cocaine brick mould located in a backpack … hidden behind a desk at Hollywood Vape Labs.”
The civil suit alleged the house should be forfeited to the B.C. government because the couple had used it to commit crimes, including laundering the proceeds of unlawful activity, failure to declare taxable income, and possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Shah and her then-husband both disputed the government’s allegations and said the house was not used for any illegal activity.
The government agency said in a statement Tuesday that its director couldn’t comment on the why the case was dismissed.
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“The Director of the Civil Forfeiture Office cannot comment on matters that are, or were, the subject of litigation proceedings before the court, and therefore cannot comment on why a decision is/was reached to end the litigation by means of a consent order.”
Bobby Shah, born in 1982, has a number of criminal convictions under the surname Djebelibak. He was convicted in 2003 of using counterfeit money and was sentenced to 18 months probation. In 2006, he was convicted of resisting a peace officer and sentenced to seven days. In 2008, he was sentenced to seven months for the unauthorized use of a computer.
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Everyone involved is a criminal. She was beautiful why isn't the father of the children talking.? This seems like a total law enforcement Crown counsel failure. No reward has been offered glittered up garbage. I was on Austin Ave. when this went down I noticed two people acting weird later a young red hat gangsta starter criminal at the Skytrain Station. I would be on security footage with a black jacket and Vancouver Canucks hat I went to the Village Inn on Coast Salish and watched the Canucks game. Various ppl saw me there a red shirt H.A. chick with her two gay male companions the waitress and the head guy talked to me twice. Haven't been to that place in 20 years they have a sign on Lougheed Hwy for the gym but not the bar. Beautiful woman dead.
Ten days before she was stabbed to death in a Coquitlam parkade, Ramina Shah posted a cryptic message on her Instagram account
Author of the article:Kim Bolan
Publishing date:Feb 01, 2022 • 1 hour ago • 4 minute read • Join the conversation
Jan. 28, 2022: The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team released this photo of Ramina Shah, 32, of Maple Ridge. Shah was found with stab wounds inside a parkade in the 1100-block Austin Avenue in Coquitlam around 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 27. She died of her injuries.
Jan. 28, 2022: The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team released this photo of Ramina Shah, 32, of Maple Ridge. Shah was found with stab wounds inside a parkade in the 1100-block Austin Avenue in Coquitlam around 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 27. She died of her injuries. PHOTO BY HANDOUT/IHIT /PNG
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Ten days before she was stabbed to death in a Coquitlam parkade in mid-January, Ramina Shah posted a cryptic message on her Instagram account.
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“Be careful when it comes to revenge. Negative energy is a powerful force and the more you put out in the world, the more comes back on you. If you felt like you were done wrong, the best thing you can do is just take that energy and focus it on improving yourself,” she wrote.
What is IHIT? 5 things to know | Vancouver Sun
Close sticky video
“Because in the end, you only hurt yourself trying to hurt other people. And what a waste of energy. You could’ve put that towards something positive in your life. I never wish ill on anyone. Even those trying to hurt me.”
She ended the post with a tiny white heart.
Police are now trying to find the person responsible for killing the new realtor and single mother of three, who loved to post selfies, family photos and positive messages.
Flowers at the scene of Ramina Shah’s murder, in a parkade under 1126 Austin Ave. Coquitlam, on Jan. 27, 2022
Flowers at the scene of Ramina Shah’s murder, in a parkade under 1126 Austin Ave. Coquitlam, on Jan. 27, 2022 PHOTO BY KIM BOLAN
She was attacked in the 22-stall parkade under her real-estate office in a strip mall at 1126 Austin Ave. in Coquitlam at about 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 27.
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Friends who started a GoFundMe page to cover the cost of a memorial service said that on the day she died, Shah had been “filming a video to promote her real estate career.” Records show she received her realtor’s licence last October.
“She will never be forgotten,” wrote the friends, who had raised almost $8,000 as of Tuesday afternoon. “Anyone who met her instantly fell in love. She was full of life, had a smile that lit up any room, and a laugh that took away all of your problems. She always stuck up for what was right, and never backed down from any fight. She was a leading example as a parent and it showed as her kids love her more than anything in the world.”
A makeshift memorial in the parkade has grown, with bunches of fresh flowers, cards and candles. A sign says the area is under video surveillance.
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The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team did not response to a request for an update on the case Tuesday. But earlier, Sgt. David Lee said investigators were looking for witnesses and dash-cam footage from those in the area between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m.
Nine months ago, a civil forfeiture lawsuit filed in 2018 to seize the house she once owned with ex-husband Bobby Shah was dismissed by the consent of all parties.
The house is now solely owned by Bobby Shah, also known as Bahman Djebelibak, who had faced a number of fraud and theft charges laid in June 2019 after a lengthy police investigation. Those charges were stayed in March 2021.
The B.C. government forfeiture lawsuit alleged that between 2015 and 2018, Bobby Shah “using various false identities persuaded numerous individuals to cash fraudulent cheques on his behalf and then provide him with cash, gift cards, or various consumer goods including jewelry, furniture and other household items.”
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Coquitlam RCMP searched the couple’s Maple Ridge house and their Port Coquitlam business, Hollywood Vape Labs, in March 2018. At the house, police found “multiple cellphones, various gold, silver and diamond jewellery items including earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings, watches and loose diamonds.”
They also seized “blank cheques and bank cards in the names of individuals other than the defendants” and “multiple” designer sunglasses, purses, handbags and wallets, belts, shoes, laptops, iPads and tablet computers, as well as “various receipts in the names of individuals other than the defendants.”
Also located at the house was a 2006 Pontiac G6 “registered in the name of one of Mr. Shah‘s victims” with “an illegal aftermarket compartment” containing a kilogram of cocaine, one to two kilograms of fentanyl, and other substances used as cutting agents for cocaine, the civil claim said.
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The location where Ramina Shah, 32, was stabbed at the end of her work day.
The location where Ramina Shah, 32, was stabbed at the end of her work day. PHOTO BY NICK PROCAYLO /PNG
Police found two tracking devices and “a hydraulic press with cocaine residue in the garage of the residence and a compatible cocaine brick mould located in a backpack … hidden behind a desk at Hollywood Vape Labs.”
The civil suit alleged the house should be forfeited to the B.C. government because the couple had used it to commit crimes, including laundering the proceeds of unlawful activity, failure to declare taxable income, and possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Shah and her then-husband both disputed the government’s allegations and said the house was not used for any illegal activity.
The government agency said in a statement Tuesday that its director couldn’t comment on the why the case was dismissed.
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“The Director of the Civil Forfeiture Office cannot comment on matters that are, or were, the subject of litigation proceedings before the court, and therefore cannot comment on why a decision is/was reached to end the litigation by means of a consent order.”
Bobby Shah, born in 1982, has a number of criminal convictions under the surname Djebelibak. He was convicted in 2003 of using counterfeit money and was sentenced to 18 months probation. In 2006, he was convicted of resisting a peace officer and sentenced to seven days. In 2008, he was sentenced to seven months for the unauthorized use of a computer.
kbo...@postmedia.com
Twitter.com/kbolan
Everyone involved is a criminal. She was beautiful why isn't the father of the children talking.? This seems like a total law enforcement Crown counsel failure. No reward has been offered glittered up garbage. I was on Austin Ave. when this went down I noticed two people acting weird later a young red hat gangsta starter criminal at the Skytrain Station. I would be on security footage with a black jacket and Vancouver Canucks hat I went to the Village Inn on Coast Salish and watched the Canucks game. Various ppl saw me there a red shirt H.A. chick with her two gay male companions the waitress and the head guy talked to me twice. Haven't been to that place in 20 years they have a sign on Lougheed Hwy for the gym but not the bar. Beautiful woman dead.
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