When Missing Turns to Murder — Season 1, Episode 7: Shafilea Ahmed
Documentary, Crime • 42 min • 3 seasons, 30 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
Shafilea Ahmed was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, in July 1986, to Farzana, when her taxi driver father was still married to a Danish woman, with whom he had a baby son. He married Farzana, his cousin, after bowing to pressure from a relative in Pakistan - ironically his own arranged marriage. The family moved to Warrington, a town with a small but well-established Asian community.
About When Missing Turns to Murder
British true crime documentary series using powerful and emotional testimony from families and friends when a missing persons enquiry turns into a murder investigation.