October 3, 2002

Teachers learn that Shafilea is being held against her will at home and prevented from attending school. They speak to her father and she is allowed to return to school.

November

Shafilea runs away from home for the first time. Her parents report her missing. She is found with her bags in a local park and has a meeting with her parents at school. She spends the night with a friend before returning home.

January 31, 2003

Shafilea runs away from home.

February 5

Shafilea registers as homeless, citing fears she will be forced into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.

February 10

Shafilea returns home.

February 18

Shafilea flies to Pakistan with her father and two siblings for a family holiday. While there she swallows bleach and is admitted to hospital.

Late May

Shafilea returns to the UK.

September

The teenager starts at Priestly College and begins a part-time call centre job.

September 11

Shafilea goes missing from the family home in Warrington. Her disappearance is not reported by the family.

September 18

Shafilea is reported missing by her former teacher, Joanne Code, after school friends raise concerns.

December 18

Cheshire Police arrest Shafilea’s parents, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, on suspicion of kidnap. Five other relatives - members of the extended family - were arrested for perverting the course of justice. Everyone was later released without charge.

February 4, 2004

Three workmen find a body on the banks of the River Kent, Sedgwick, Cumbria.

February 23

Body is identified as that of Shafilea.

February 24

Cheshire Police launch a murder investigation.

January 11, 2008

Four-day inquest into Shafilea’s death concludes with a verdict of unlawful killing.

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