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A Year After Jamal Khashoggi's Death, His Fiancée Is Still Searching For Answers

The Washington Post columnist, who was a critic of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed and dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, 2018.

A year after journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed and dismembered by Saudi agents in Turkey, the writer's fiancée says she will attend a commemoration at the consulate where he was slain while she waited unknowingly outside.

Hatice Cengiz, who is a Turkish citizen, will attend the ceremony to begin at precisely 1:14 p.m. (6:14 a.m. ET) Wednesday outside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, marking the moment that Khashoggi

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