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Police: US mom killed by blow to the head in Turkey

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    New York City woman vacationing in Istanbul

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In the police in Turkey.

Are now questioning more than a dozen people.

After -- missing American mom has been found dead over the weekend 33 year old -- -- Sierra was vacationing alone an -- involved.

-- sort of photography Tripp that she was taking according to the reports police say that she died from a blow to the head.

Bill Daley is a former FBI investigator joins me now -- -- to have you here by the spring obviously a very sad situation as a New York mom 33 years old to young children.

A lot of people could question that you know judgment.

That taking the kind of trip that she was taking.

But what do you think happened here.

I am author is certainly is extremely tragic and and something there I think people who are traveling internationally.

It need to be aware of some of the risks they face when they do overseas it's not like going down -- -- it's not like going to next neighborhood over is going to different environment.

That's -- if -- have to be where we are traveling and you know who you meet what you do and don't don't pack your common sense to leave it behind -- with you.

But don't you know this specific case I think we hearing more about what's coming out factored -- there's -- eyewitness who says that she sore hand the woman.

Out of the backseat of the -- to man was trying to apparently take something out of the back -- it was in the same area.

Where this is -- his body was found it appears -- -- police said.

She we've been killed one of the place and taken to the scene where her body was left.

Melissa her while -- -- with her her bracelet -- earrings.

You know it's you sort of think about the area that she was then and what happened how do you start to piece together possible scenario in order to try to figure out.

You know to to convict the defiant in and -- the people who did it.

We'll have to say is that appears to be the the Turkish ship in the as.

The police over the air what working with the US law enforcement FBI and State Department officials have been really try to scour -- they can with you got to leads they've looked at video surveillance around various places she was in and they've actually found some video surveillance or.

-- -- going in and coming out of stores around the same.

Same time as they've they've kind of -- last position -- And so now looking at and more video surveillance of those things much like we look for here in the United States.

Where -- this vehicle may have been that this woman store who was around that area where the body was found without any surveillance -- swear there's -- -- Thanks in a listen you know -- -- -- potential you know robbery or maybe she got involved with -- -- -- -- -- phone call are some more text message from somebody that.

May or may not be on this list of suspects at the Turkish government stated that their chilling with.

I you know human trafficking is another idea that has been brought up I mean how you kind of get try to try to get your arms around what kind of what what what happened what circumstances were going on.

Yeah well I think you know that the motive is gonna find this is gonna come out once you start to identify some of these suspects -- debt.

They have brought some people in whether those are really the people who are responsible for what we don't know but -- -- -- more around that don't know don't know really what would drove this it appears to be not.

No robbery where and I -- lesser jewelry was sort of lower value that they didn't think it was worthwhile.

But they are missing her appears to be her phone -- iPad we don't know Alicia camera whether was -- taking pictures when my question -- was she taking pictures around an area.

What something that was going on May be illegal transaction or -- what some people in -- -- pictures who didn't want her pictures.

-- -- -- could be bill thank you very sad stories -- our a local mom in this area thank you for being with us we'll see what they find out.

Thank you --

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