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Ani Ashekian | A Traveler Lost

Crimelines® True Crime

Crimelines True Crime

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4.54.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Ani Ashekian was an adventurer, traveling around the world in her 20s. But when the Ontario-native took a spur of the moment trip to Asia, she would go missing in one of the safest cities in the world. Where is Ani Ashekian?

If you have any information, please call the Regional Missing Persons Unit of Hong Kong Island at 852 3660 1040

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1:11.8

Ania Shikian was an adventurer. She spent her twenties traveling the world. But when

1:17.0

the Ontario native took a spur of the moment trip to Asia, she would go missing in one

1:22.5

of the safest cities in the world. Where is Adi Shikian? I'm Charlie and welcome to

1:29.1

Crime Lines. Welcome to day six of 12 days of crime lines we are half way through. I want

1:43.1

to thank Becky for sending this case suggestion over. This case starts in Toronto, Ontario.

1:50.0

30 year old Ania Shikian worked as a paralegal and she was preparing for a huge move. She was

1:57.0

a leaving Canada and she was going to Argentina for a new adventure. This was not something

2:03.3

that is surprising for someone like Ania. She traveled all over the world and she had

2:09.0

a goal of visiting 30 countries before she ended her year of being 30 and her 31st birthday

2:16.6

was coming up in January 2009. So she had a couple of trips in the fall of 2008 planned.

2:25.6

One was a trip to Central America with her boyfriend, Wendell. Like most of Ania's international

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