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Terrifying experience as South City resident on solo trip to Asia taken into Chinese custody

Beth Braznell at the Great Wall

South City resident Beth Braznell at the Great Wall of China outside Beijing

Beth Braznell

Beth Braznell loves to ride horses. When she heard about an opportunity to travel to Mongolia to ride yaks, she decided to go for it, even though she'd be going alone. At the Chinese/Mongolian border, Braznell was taken into custody by Chinese officials who accused her of overstaying her visa (she still had seven days left on it). That began a terrifying experience of being whisked off to places unknown, in dark buildings, told she'd be punished, isolated for 36 hours without food or water.

She tells her story to KMOX's Debbie Monterrey: