Overview
- New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy sent a letter and spoke with Ambassador Vinay Kwatra seeking India’s cooperation under the 1997 U.S.-India extradition treaty.
- Prosecutors charged Nazeer Hameed last month in absentia in the killings of Sasikala Narra and her 6-year-old son, and say he remains in India.
- The FBI is offering up to $50,000 for information leading to Hameed’s arrest and has listed him on its Most Wanted pages.
- Investigators say DNA recovered from Hameed’s employer-issued laptop matched an unknown blood droplet collected at the 2017 crime scene.
- Authorities report earlier efforts to obtain Hameed’s DNA through Indian channels were unsuccessful, and they describe the attack as especially brutal with no confirmed motive.