Incident Reports

Missing American woman ‘murdered’ in Pokhara

2015-09-05

Gandaki, Kaski, Pokhara Lekhnath, Ward 7

An American woman who was missing for the past one month is revealed to have been murdered in Pokhara. Police said Narayan Poudel, a school teacher at Dhital-3, murdered 26-year-old Dahlia Ayehia (passport number 451383847). She came to Nepal to help earthquake victims. “Poudel was found calling her to Nepal on the pretext of helping quake victims. He admitted to killing her and also dumping her body in the Seti river,” said Deputy Superintendent of Police Govinda Adhikari. He said Poudel, who is taken into police custody, tried to commit suicide jumping off the roof of the District Police Office. He is now undergoing treatment at Manipal Teaching Hospital. Police also recovered blood-stained pillow and victim’s clothes from Poudel’s room. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Murder/attempted Murder
Weapons None
Primary Cause Unclear
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth noyouth
Total Killed 1
Female Killed 1
National/Online Media

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