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A 27-year aged Indian woman, who was reported missing past week, was recovered dormant and constabulary are looking for her erstwhile boyfriend, alleging that helium killed her and fled to India.
Nikitha Godishala of Ellicott City was reported missing connected January 2. Howard County constabulary said successful a connection connected Sunday (January 4, 2026) that she was recovered deceased with stab wounds successful the Columbia, Maryland flat of her ex-boyfriend Arjun Sharma, 26.
Police person obtained a warrant for Mr. Sharma’s apprehension connected archetypal and second-degree execution charges.
The Indian Embassy successful Washington DC said successful a station connected X that it is successful interaction with Godishala’s household and is extending each imaginable consular assistance.
“The Embassy is besides pursuing up the substance with the section authorities,” it said.
Authorities said that Mr. Sharma made the missing idiosyncratic study to constabulary and said helium past saw Godishala connected December 31 successful his flat successful the Maryland city.
Police aboriginal learned that connected the aforesaid time arsenic making the report, January 2, Mr. Sharma near the state connected a formation to India. The adjacent day, detectives executed a hunt warrant for his flat and located Godishala deceased.
Through investigation, detectives judge Mr. Sharma killed Godishala soon aft 7 p.m. connected December 31.
The probe is ongoing and nary motive is known astatine this time, Howard County constabulary said adding that they are moving with United States national instrumentality enforcement to find and apprehension Mr. Sharma.
