IT all started in Washington, DC, where Marcellina Tanuhandaru, attending an international conference, met a man from Ohio. They fell in love, got married and lived in Ohio in June 2001. They were a happy family, blessed with two children: Sonia and Julian. But the happiness was short-lived. The husband started to get rough, almost on a daily basis.

Unable to endure her situation, Marcellina chose to run away. In the middle of the night in April 2