Lacey parents accused of trying to kidnap daughter for refusing arranged marriage

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A Lacey couple is accused of trying to kidnap their daughter and kill her for refusing an arranged marriage, according to court documents filed in Thurston County.

On Oct. 18, multiple people called 911 to report seeing a man choking a girl outside Timberline High School. Prosecutors say he was later identified as Ihsan Ali, her father. -- More...

Ihsan Ali, 44, and Zahraa Subhi Mohsin Ali, 40, face charges of attempted murder and after the father tries to choke his 17 daughter to death because she refused to be sent to Iraq for an arranged marriage to an older man

The girl fled to Timberline High School in Lacey, Washington,