Funeral held for NYC mother killed in Turkey

As the family and friends of Sarai Sierra were saying farewell to the 33-year-old New York City woman killed while on a solo vacation in Turkey, investigators there detained the siblings of a man wanted for questioning over her death.

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  1. Steven Sierra, husband of Sarai Sierra, upper center, and Dennis Jimenez, right, wipe their eyes during her funeral, at the Christian Pentecostal Church, in the Staten Island borough of New York, Fri
  2. Maggie Rodriguez, who was supposed to to travel to Turkey with her friend Sarai Sierra, attends the funeral for Sierra, at the Christian Pentecostal Church, in the Staten Island borough of New York,
  3. The casket of Sarai Sierra, is carried from the Christian Pentecostal Church,after her funeral in the Staten Island borough of New York, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. The 33-year-old mother of two was kill
  4. People carry the casket of murdered New York woman Sarai Sierra from the Surp Yerrortutyun church to an ambulances in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two, we
  5. The casket of murdered New York woman Sarai Sierra seen inside the Surp Yerrortutyun church in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two, went missing while vacati
  6. Police forensics search for missing New York City woman Sarai Sierra near the remnants of some ancient city walls in low-income district of Sarayburnu in Istanbul, Turkey, late Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013.
  7. Dennis Jimenez, father of 33-year-old Sarai Sierra who was found dead on Saturday in Turkey, listens to a reporter
  8. Betzaida Jimenez, mother of 33-year-old Sarai Sierra who was found dead on Saturday in Turkey, pauses during a news conference at a friend
  9. In this image from files provided by the family, Sarai Sierra is shown in an undated family photo, in New York. The New York City woman who went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul was found d