This story contains discussion about child harm, and graphic descriptions of a homicide.

Omaima Nelson's life took her from the lands of Egypt to the West Coast of the United States, and from childhood innocence to a dark and nightmarish downfall.

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Thank you LA Times, Investigation Discovery, AllThatsInteresting, web.archive.org, the BBC and Wikipedia for information contributing to today’s story. 

This episode was written by Christy Arnhart, edited by John Lordan and is produced by LordanArts.

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This is not intended to act as a means of proving or disproving anything related to the investigation.  It is a conversation about the current known facts and theories being discussed.  Everyone directly or indirectly referred to is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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