The Victim in Surprise

In this final episode, we go on a deep dive into two important and unfortunately overlooked pieces of evidence that could have helped with this case. Amal's body temperature at time of death & also the trash from the crime scene. Why was one not looked into at all and the other only slightly touch upon? This season closes out with lots of questions, with aspirations, & with the hope that t...

The week, we will guide you in this episode into, not only the couple’s bedroom, but into their financial records. Also in this episode, we the answer the question: Why was it that Amal’s name was not on the deed? Plus What did a detective back in 2017 accused Jihad of? Tune in to learn the details of Money and Sex Join the Victim in Surprise Facebook Group The opening and closing theme is "Rania"...

In this episode, We will cover the second report received from the Phoenix Police Department. This includes a report made by Amal's stepson in regards to a few phone calls that were made to him a couple of years ago. Also covered is more interviews from the day after the murder, this time by Amin and his wife Bianca. Each time we share a fact about this crime, more lies told by the people who surr...

In this episode of the Victim in Surprise. Host Eileen Zenn talks about the latest finds from the two recent police reports she had ordered from the Phoenix Police department. The focus today is mostly on the first report which had so many interesting details about Amal's calling in a death threat back in 2015. In a stunning turn of events, you'll be shocked to learn who the detective who followed...

Welcome to Season 2 of the Victim in Surprise. When this podcast was originally conceived, the intention was to present it as one season to bring awareness to Amal Bahjat's brutal unsolved murder. The hope was to respark interest in her case and to reignite the police investigation to find Amal's killer. However, as we are entering into the 9th year of her unsolved cold case, host Eileen Zenn felt...

In this last episode, the host Eileen Zenn goes back to the alleged kidnapping attempt and add one more theory, before that she shares how the Surprise police department mishandled the handwriting samples. She also brings up details from the crime scene that somehow she didn’t share in the past. She wraps up the episode with important details based on facts, about who really are those two men, Jih...

In this chapter, the host Eileen shares with you a list of people who had the code to the keypad lock to the house. There was one person that was suspicious from that list. In late 2018  Ibtisam was called to the Surprise police station to submit a test, did she pass? Tune in to learn the new theory of who might’ve wrote on the wall. Host Eileen Zenn keeps going back to the key to the Buick,...

In this episode the host tackles a few subjects, such as who was behind a suspicious banking activity in Amal’s account a week prior to the murder. And what did Amal’s friend Jeanie Hill tell the FBI when interviewed. In early 2018 Jihad and his son went to the local TV station to talk about the murder and labeled it “an act of terrorism” Tune in to listen to a scenario the host imagined, based on...

There is a name that means The "Trustworthy" One. That name is Amin. But does the man live up to the name? That is the question that is asked in this episode of the Victim in Surprise First, we rejoin the contentious phone conversation between host Eileen Zenn and Amal's husband Jihad. Then we get into the meat of the matter. Who is the "Trustworthy" one and what was his relationship with Amal? Wa...

The three Wives There’s nothing wrong with being married three times, however, it’s suspicious when 2 out of the 3 spouses died mysteriously. Amal never told her siblings nor her friends that Jihad was married twice before and one of his previous wives was dead. The host, decided to find out about the two marriages of Jihad, tune in to find out what she did. In this episode, there were some connec...

This episode is about the phone detail records of Amal and Jihad’s cell phones. Although the police report does not give much info about Amal’s phone details from that morning of June 5th,  2017, one text stood out, and that is a Whatsapp message that was sent from Amal’s phone to none other than her spouse. It might sound normal at first, Until you learn where was Amal when the message was s...

This episode is about an attempt kidnapping of Amal on May 5, exactly a month before she was found dead. The host Eileen does not believe that this incident occurred, even if the victim called the Surprise police and reported an attempted kidnapping. But why did Amal call 911? Did someone tell her to do so? Tune in to learn why the friend of the victim Eileen, believe the kidnapping attempt was a...

The killer or an accomplice took their sweet time and wrote 16 threatening religious words on the wall. The Surprise police station nor the FBI sought help of a religious expert, however, the host, Eileen, noticed that an abbreviation used in one sentence does not make sense since devout Muslims don’t use abbreviation. Was Amal killed by a fanatic Muslim or someone wanted the crime to look like it...

This episode is about evidence collected from the crime scene and the police issued search warrant on the two vehicles that Jihad have ridden that fateful day. Jihad, looks like he had two keys, one for the Buick, and the other for the mailbox, and for some reason two keys were not on the same key ring. Could’ve it be that Jihad deliberately separated the two keys? But why? Details inside the epis...

 In this episode, the host Eileen shares not only her disappointment after she read the autopsy report but how the Surprise police mishandled evidence collected from the crime scene. Unfortunately, the neighbors didn’t have surveillance cameras. However a next door woman told the detectives some disturbing information about the couple. The first policeman at the crime scene noticed that Amal’...

Although there was one million dollars life insurance policy taken on Amal by her husband, that was not considered enough motive to suspect him of the crime. However the Surprise police noticed that Jihad didn’t contact Amal’s siblings to tell them that she was found dead. No memorial service nor funeral was held for Amal. The host Eileen found the urge to talk to Amal’s siblings, they shared with...

This episode is about the last day of Amal’s life according to her husband's narrative which didn’t fit with the time line.  The host Eileen shares a shocking discovery; what may well be this cold case’s smoking gun.” A few months prior to starting her amateur investigation, she by chance came across a court document from New Jersey, tune it to learn about it. Join the Victim in Surprise Face...

Shorty after Amal and her husband moved from Jersey City to Surprise Arizona in 2017, Amal started receiving threats over the phone, she even reported to the police a kidnapping attempt. The day Amal was found strangled in her upstairs room there was writing on the wall that suggests it was Religious terrorists who killed her. Was it radical Muslims who killed her because of her conversion from Is...

It's been years since the mysterious murder of Amal Bahjat. She was my friend. I am Eileen Zenn, the host of The Victim in Surprise. I have become fed up with the Surprise police department’s handling of the case, so I began to do my own digging into this unsolved violent crime against my friend. From blame shifting, to evidence mishandling, what I have discovered will shock you. Some claim that t...