January 2016. 21-year old American Otto Warmbier traveled to North Korea with a tourist group. After allegedly stealing a propaganda poster from his hotel, he was detained and sentenced to 15 years hard labor. But, 17 months later, he was returned to his parents in the United States in a vegetative state and died within days. An exam showed he was well cared for during his time in captivity, so what happened to Otto?

💀SOURCES💀

▫️https://abcnews.com/Politics/timeline-otto-warmbiers-saga-north-korea-released/story?id=48015088

▫️https://www.gq.com/story/otto-warmbier-north-korea-american-hostage-true-story

▫️https://www.voanews.com/a/court-papers-hint-at-otto-warmbiers-treatment-in-north-korea/4631497.html

▫️https://www.businessinsider.com/otto-warmbier-roommate-arrested-north-korea-2017-6

▫️https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/28/asia/north-korea-otto-warmbier

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