[h=2]REVEALED: The Saudi sisters whose bodies were found bound together in New York's Hudson River committed SUICIDE and were NOT murdered, medical examiner rules[/h]
- The bodies of Tala Farea, 16, and Rotana Farea, 23, were discovered in October in the Hudson River on Manhattan's Upper West Side
- They were found fully clothed and facing each other with their feet and waists taped together
- Medical examiner said on Tuesday that the sisters had committed suicide
- The sisters were alive when they went into the water and the official cause of death is drowning
- Tala and Rotana moved from Saudi Arabia to Virginia with their mother in 2015
- People who knew them said the sisters had vowed to kill themselves rather than return to Saudi Arabia
By
Emily Crane For Dailymail.com
Published: 20:10 EST, 22 January 2019 | Updated: 02:44 EST, 23 January 2019
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The mother of the two sisters told detectives that the day before the bodies were discovered, she received a call from an official at the Saudi Arabian Embassy, ordering the family to leave the U.S. because her daughters had applied for asylum.
The Saudi Arabian Embassy has denied talking to the family about any asylum request...
