In January 1985, a large suitcase was discovered at the customs office of the Los Angeles International Airport. Inside the suitcase was the dead body of an unidentified young woman. U.S. Customs agents who discovered the body immediately launched an investigation.  What they uncovered was a tale of a horrible tragedy that resulted from the desperate desire of two young people for freedom.

The dead woman was the wife of a young Iranian living in the U.S. Her desire was to join her husband. However she was unable to obtain a visa. So, she took matters into her own hands. She squeezed herself into a large suitcase and had it smuggled onto a jet headed for the United States. It was a foolish endeavor. Even if she had survived the journey in the cargo bay of the jet, she would have remained a…