On February 10, 2015, Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were murdered in their home in Finley Forest Condominiums on Summerwalk Circle in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Barakat was a second-year student in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry, Yusor (Deah’s wife) was a North Carolina State University (NCSU) graduate planning to enter UNC Dentistry School in the fall, and Razan (Yusor’s sister) was a student at NCSU majoring in architecture and environmental design.