Trinh met her murderer through a matchmaker. She was 29 years old and her future husband was in his 50s, court documents show. She only spoke Vietnamese, he spoke Korean. Despite the communication barrier, the union went ahead. On November 4, 2018 – a day after they met – they were married in front of her family in Vietnam. Seven months later, Trinh – a name CNN has chosen to use as her real name
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