The Salmiya Freezer: How a Luxury Apartment, Fraud, and a Frozen Corpse Triggered an International Crisis

A couple, Nader and Mona, living in Kuwait, hired a Filipino domestic worker named Joanna Dimafeliz. Over time, they abused and ultimately killed her, placing her body in a deep freezer in their apartment. A year later, the couple fled the country, but authorities eventually discovered the body, triggering a diplomatic crisis involving Kuwait, the Philippines, Syria, and Lebanon. The couple was later captured and confessed to the crime, with ongoing legal and diplomatic disputes surrounding their trial and extradition.