Ex-boyfriend immediately left country: Missing Indian woman found dead in US apartment, police reveal details

27-year-old Nikitha Godishala, who was reported missing since New Year's Eve, has been found dead with stab wounds in the Columbia (Maryland) apartment of her ex-boyfriend, the Howard County police said Sunday. Police said they believe the ex-boyfriend killed Godishala. Police said they obtained a warrant for his arrest on first- and second-degree murder charges.

Ex-boyfriend reported Nikitha missing, then left for India: Cops

"Arjun Sharma, 26, of Columbia, made the missing person report to police and said he last saw his ex-girlfriend, Nikitha Godishala, 27, of Ellicott City, on Dec. 31 in his apartment in the 10100 block of Twin Rivers Road. Police later learned that on the same day as making the report, Jan. 2, Sharma left the country on a flight to India. Detectives on Jan. 3 executed a search warrant for his apartment and located Godishala deceased," the police statement said.


"Through investigation, detectives believe Sharma killed Godishala shortly after 7 pm on December 31. The investigation is ongoing and no motive is known at this time," the statement added.

Howard County Police said they are working with the United States federal law enforcement to locate and arrest Sharma.

Nikitha's friends earlier circulated her photo and appealed for help in looking for her. They said she was last seen on New Year's Eve. Though investigators have not revealed the details of what went on between Nikitha and his ex-boyfriend before Nikitha was stabbed to death, their timeline makes it clear that Nikitha's body remained in Sharma's flat since December 31. It is not known what Sharma did later on 31st and 1st before going to the police on January 2 and then flying out of the US.