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Indian woman found stabbed to death in US on New Year’s Eve; ex-boyfriend accused of murder flees

News Desk05 January 2026, 07:14 AM ISTShare Indian woman found dead in US apartment; ex-boyfriend wanted for murder, fled to India Representational image A 27-year-old Indian woman reported missing in the United States last week has been found dead with stab wounds, with police naming her former boyfriend as the prime suspect and saying he has fled to India. Body found in ex-boyfriend’s apartment Nikitha Godishala, a resident of Ellicott City, was reported missing on January 2. Howard County police said on Sunday that she was found dead in an apartment in Columbia, Maryland, belonging to her ex-boyfriend, Arjun Sharma, 26.

Indian woman found stabbed to death in US on New Year’s Eve; ex-boyfriend accused of murder flees

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Key Highlights

  • Investigators said Godishala had suffered stab wounds.
  • Arrest warrant issued for suspect Police have obtained an arrest warrant for Sharma on charges of first- and second-degree murder.
  • Authorities said Sharma himself had approached the police to file a missing person report, claiming he last saw Godishala on December 31 at his apartment in the Maryland city.
  • Suspect left US on day of complaint Police later established that Sharma left the United States on a flight to India on January 2, the same day he filed the missing person report.
  • The following day, detectives executed a search warrant at his apartment, where they discovered Godishala’s body.
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