WINDSOR FUNDRAISER HELD FOR MISSING WOMAN IN HONG KONG

Windsor Star
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D ec 29 2008
Canada

Friends, relatives and strangers came together Sunday to help a
Windsor family find their missing daughter and sister.

Hundreds of people attended a fundraiser at the Armenian Community
Centre on Pierre Avenue and dropped off donations to help Ani
Ashekian’s family hire a private investigator to look for her in Hong
Kong. Ashekian, who grew up in Windsor before moving to Toronto, was
last heard from on Nov. 10, after arriving there. She had left for
Beijing on Oct. 24 and was supposed to return to Canada from Delhi,
India, on Dec. 15. Ashekian’s boyfriend is currently in Hong Kong
looking for her. Her family wants to step up the search efforts and
is hiring a private investigator with the money raised Sunday, which
hadn’t been tallied right away.

"I was just amazed by the people who came through the door today,"
Ashekian’s older sister, Rosie Kampstra, said. "Some of those people
didn’t even know Ani. I’m amazed by everyone’s generosity."

Hong Kong authorities are investigating Ashekian’s disappearance.