In 2006, 16 year old American Katherine Lester traveled to the Middle East in order to meet up with Jericho resident Abdullah Jinzawi, a friend of hers from MySpace. She was stopped en route in Amman, Jordan. On September 12, 2007, Lester, now 18, met up with Jinzawi in The West Bank.
Katherine Lester News
- Google News: Katherine Lester
- FoxNews.com: MySpace Teen Who Fled to Middle East Breaks Up With Arab Beau on Dr. Phil (November 27, 2007)
- Lester told boyfriend Abdullah Jinzawi "This is really hard for me to tell you, but I'm not going to be with you anymore."
- Mlive.com: Tuscola County teen's My Space romance hits airwaves again (November 14, 2007)
- Katherine was the subject of a three part Dr. Phil special - "Daughter in Danger"
- WNEM.com: Mid-Michigan Teen To Venture Overseas Again (September 12, 2007)
- StarTribune.net: Family of West Bank man upset by young American bride's no-show (2006)
- ABC News: Teen Plans to Marry Man She Met on MySpace (2006)
- USAToday.com: Teen: I'll marry man I met on MySpace.com (2006)
- ABC13.com: Teen who traveled to Middle East to meet man met no resistance (2006)
- ABC12.com: new details come in Katherine Lester case (2006)
- AOL News: MySpace Runaway Wants to Marry Man She Met Online (2006)
Katherine Lester Background
- Wikipedia: Katherine Lester
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Fast Facts
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Lester and Jinzawi may have intended to marry
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Lester broke off her relationship with Jinzawi on Dr. Phil in November of 2007
