According to California State Police reports; The young scientist was found suffocated in her apartment on 20 October 1997, and her body was found inside the of a broken refrigerator on the street. The guard of the building in which the victim was staying was arrested through the fingerprints that are removed from the crime scene, as indicated in the case file, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment, although the accused continued even after the verdict was issued, denying his connection to the crime. In Samia Maimani's apartment, all her furniture, medical research and patents, in addition to all her money and jewellery, have disappeared.