She was kept under control of her in-laws

By Michelle Mandel, Toronto Star

Amandeep Kaur Dhillon had won the lottery for them all -- or so her Indian family believed as they wed her to an Indo-Canadian man she'd met only three days before.

As they sang and celebrated as they delivered their frightened-looking daughter to a veritable stranger they knew little about, they hoped that she would save them from their difficult life in the Punjab and one day bring them all to the promised land of Canada as well.

But what a deal with the devil it would prove to be. Amandeep was used by both sides in this barbaric bargain, a sacrificial lamb who lived a life of misery in Mississauga -- separated from her child, isolated from the world -- until the 22-year-old was finally found murdered New Year's Day in what may have been a "dowry death," her father-in-law now charged with the crime.