On Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2006, Regbe Bahrengasi, 50, was killed at the Mehari family apartment in the Keller Plaza complex on Telegraph Avenue in Oakland. The attack also took the lives of her daughter, Winta Mehari, and her son, Yonas Mehari, during what should have been a family gathering.

Two brothers, Asmerom and Tewodros Gebreselassie, who were related to the victims by marriage, carried out the killings. Reports say the brothers believed the Mehari family was responsible for the earlier death of their sibling, Abraham Tewolde, though medical examinations had concluded Tewolde died of natural causes. Tewodros reportedly entered the apartment during the Thanksgiving meal and later allowed Asmerom inside, where Asmerom opened fire.

Both brothers were convicted of first-degree murder and kidnapping, among other charges, and received life sentences without parole. Does anyone have additional information about the victims or the family’s life in Oakland before that day?