Overview
- Howard County police found 27-year-old Nikitha Godishala dead with multiple stab wounds inside an apartment in the 10100 block of Twin Rivers Road in Columbia.
- Detectives say the apartment belongs to her ex-boyfriend, Arjun Sharma, 26, who reported her missing on January 2.
- Investigators learned Sharma left the United States for India the same day he filed the missing-person report.
- Authorities believe Godishala was killed shortly after 7 p.m. on December 31 and have obtained a warrant charging Sharma with first- and second-degree murder.
- Howard County police are working with U.S. federal law enforcement to locate and arrest Sharma, while the Indian Embassy says it is assisting the victim’s family.