HOUSTON – A community came together Sunday to remember a beloved pediatrician who was brutally murdered in Conroe last year.
Dr. Talat Jehan Khan was stabbed to death at her Conroe apartment complex.
An event was held Sunday at the Masjid Hamza Community Center in Houston where dozens of people honored Dr. Khan.
Dr. Khan’s family says it feels surreal knowing a year has gone by since her murder.
Her relatives live out of state and came back to Texas to honor her and to make sure her case isn’t forgotten and that justice is served.
Dozens of family, friends, and local and state leaders like Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher gathered to remember the beloved pediatrician, mother and friend.
“She had really high levels of integrity. She always did the right thing. She always was very...whenever she would describe her work, and I wish you would do as a pediatrician, she’d always talk about her patients like a community,” said her son, Ahmed Khan.
“She was very kind, very humble, very straightforward,” said her brother, Wajahat Nyaz.
Khan and Nyaz say October 28. 2023, will forever leave a scar in their hearts. It’s the day Dr. Talat Khan was brutally murdered.
“It just completely shattered our family,” Nyaz said.
Investigators say Dr. Khan was stabbed multiple times while sitting at a picnic table inside her apartment complex in Conroe.
A man named Miles Fridrich is charged in her murder, but the motive is still under investigation.
Dr. Khan only lived in Texas for a few months. She and her now 15-year-old daughter moved when she got a job with Texas Children’s. Her son and husband were still in Seattle.
“She did so much for us and we’re immensely grateful for everything she’s done,” Ahmed Khan said.
The family is sticking by their mission as they fight for Dr. Khan.
“Remembering Talat, remembering her life, but reminding the community, reminding the justice system, reminding our leaders that this trial, this case is still ongoing and that she should not be forgotten and that we are still looking for justice,” Nyaz said.
Back in June, the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office recused themselves from the case over disagreements with the family over whether the murder was ideologically motivated and should be classified as a hate crime.
The Office of the Texas Attorney General has since been appointed to the case.
A trial date has not been set yet, but Dr. Khan’s family says they will not give up fighting for justice.