“Sugar Daddy” suspect at center of college student murder investigation

Texas authorities have tracked down a suspect in the murder of a 21-year-old nursing student after an informant recognized the suspected killer from his profile on a “sugar daddy” website.

Muna Pandey, a Nepali nursing student at Houston Community College, was found dead of gunshot wounds in her Houston apartment on Monday, August 26.

One of her neighbors later told police that he heard a “loud bang” coming from her apartment on Saturday night, August 24. That day was also the last time Pandey was seen alive by friends and family.

An unknown man is said to have called her property manager to inform him that there was a dead body in her apartment and then quickly hung up, according to a criminal complaint obtained by the People portal.

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Two days later, 51-year-old Bobby Singh Shah was arrested and charged with capital murder, Houston police said in a statement.

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Pandey's boyfriend told police that the young woman had previously been stalked, which led to her purchasing a security camera. According to the complaint, Pandey's surveillance footage eventually led police to Shah.

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Surveillance footage from August 24 shows Pandey at her front door with shopping bags when a man – who police say is Shah – forces her into the apartment at gunpoint. An hour later, Shah is said to have left the apartment with one of the bags.

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After police released the surveillance footage, Pandey's former employer, a local restaurant, called and said the man in the footage resembled Shah, who was a regular at his establishment.

On Aug. 28, a woman called Houston police and told them she “immediately” recognized the man in the video as Shah from a “sugar daddy” website, the complaint states.

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Shah was arrested during a traffic stop on Wednesday, Houston police wrote in their statement. He is being held without bail, according to Harris County District Court records.

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His attorneys did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

“He's looking forward to putting this case behind him so he can prove his innocence,” Shah's defense attorney Wilvin Carter told KHOU 11.

A GoFundMe has been set up for Pandey's mother to help finance her trip from Nepal to Houston and the funeral expenses of her only child.

“No mother should have to endure such grief, especially from such a great distance,” the fundraiser states.

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