She was an adored art teacher, a fresh-faced 25-year-old adventurer from Michigan. Dahlia Yehia was teaching at Sci-Tech Preparatory School in Austin, Texas, but decided to skip this semester to volunteer in Nepal. A few weeks after her arrival, she disappeared, reportedly murdered by the man she met through the website Couchsurfing.com. Reporter Lucia Benavides joins Here & Now’s Robin Young with details.
Guest
- Lucia Benavides, journalist based in Austin, Texas. She tweets @lmbenav.
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