Molly Hill reveals how dream trip to Hawaii turned into a nightmare
MELBOURNE woman Molly Hill had planned a romantic Hawaiian holiday with her boyfriend, but ended up in jail because of what she wrote in her diary.
The 26-year-old had met her American boyfriend on a previous trip to Hawaii to attend a friend’s wedding. They had planned to spend an extended period of time together.
She had a tourist visa for 88 days and her return flight home was booked and paid.
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Molly Hill reveals how dream trip to Hawaii turned into a nightmare
MAY 19, 20177:38am
Molly Hill was jailed in the US after authorities believed she was trying to illegally immigrate. Picture: FacebookSource:Facebook
Olivia Lambertnews.com.au
MELBOURNE woman Molly Hill had planned a romantic Hawaiian holiday with her boyfriend, but ended up in jail because of what she wrote in her diary.
The 26-year-old had met her American boyfriend on a previous trip to Hawaii to attend a friend’s wedding. They had planned to spend an extended period of time together.
She had a tourist visa for 88 days and her return flight home was booked and paid.
She even quit her job so she could spend a relaxing three months with her American boyfriend.
But on Monday when she arrived in Honolulu, her dream trip turned into a nightmare as she stepped off the plane.
“(I) expected to pass through customs without too much hassle as I was going on a tourist visa for 88 days, the max is 90, with my return ticket paid for,” Ms Hill wrote on Facebook.
“I was taken into an interview room and had every inch of my luggage searched.
“They understood that I have an American boyfriend and I spent about six hours in and out of the interrogation rooms.
“In the end they were convinced I wanted to immigrate illegally because my diary had notes like ‘going away drinks’ and ‘last day at work’, things I got in order before expecting to be away for three months
Ms Hill was not sent back to Australia immediately because there were no more flights and was forced to spend the night in a detention centre.
“A few more hours later, myself and a Japanese woman were handcuffed and transported to the detention centre, which was a federal prison,” Ms Hill said.
“It was such a shock. It was something — it was like something out of a movie. Yeah. The handcuffs were taken off.
“I was frisked, made to undress in front of an officer and show that there was nothing in my hair or mouth, and asked to ‘squat and cough’ which was absolutely mortifying.
“Then I was provided a prison uniform and to add insult the officer gave me a size S bra and size L everything else.”
Ms Hill had to give authorities a list of her tattoos and was asked if any of them were gang related. Officers then handed her a blanket and a brown paper bag with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich inside, and hustled her into the women’s prison.
To add insult to injury, Ms Hill had plans to celebrate her birthday the next day
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