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Indian Student Accused in Arizona Murder | Wilmington News
A shocking murder case in Arizona has gone international: 20-year-old Varun Batchigari, a student from India, is accused of strangling his 19-year-old girlfriend Julissa Salazar, then staging a chilling hoax by impersonating her via texts to her mom while fleeing the country. After allegedly boarding a flight to India with a stop in Germany, he was arrested by German authorities at the FBI’s request. Witnesses say their relationship was fraught with domestic violence and prior incidents of aggression, adding grim context to the crime. Now, U.S. officials are racing to extradite him to face…
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