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And the City Swallowed Them: Model Diana O'Brien's Shanghai murder

Canadian Diana O'Brien was 22-years-old when she travelled to China after landing a contract with a Shanghai modeling agency. She had been in Shanghai barely 12 days when her body was discovered in an apartment stairwell....
Canadian Diana O'Brien was 22-years-old when she travelled to China after landing a contract with a Shanghai modeling agency. She had been in Shanghai barely 12 days when her body was discovered in an apartment stairwell.

How fate brought her and her killer together is the backdrop for a new e-book by reporter Mara Hvistendahl.

Mara Hvistendahl joined us from Shanghai, China, to talk about her book: And the City Swallowed Them.

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This segment was produced by The Current's Howard Goldenthal.