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Narin Güran disappeared on Aug. 21, 2024 after a Quran lesson; searchers recovered her body in a sack hidden under rocks in a stream near her Turkish village 19 days later

On Dec. 29 of that year, a Diyarbakir court sentenced the girl's mother, brother and uncle to life in prison for the premeditated murder of the child. A neighbor was sentenced to four years and six months for placing the girl's body in a river

A neighbor testified that Narin was killed because the 8-year-old "witnessed an event she should not have seen" between her mother and uncle, BBC Türkçe reported

Eight-year-old Turkish girl Narin Güran vanished after a Quran lesson on Aug. 21, 2024. Nineteen days later, searchers found a horrific sight: her body sealed in a sack and wedged beneath rocks in a creek

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