Wednesday 5 October 2022 06:54 PM Purdue University student, 20, is murdered in his dorm room and roommate ... trends now
A Purdue University student has been identified as the suspect in the murder of his roommate.
Gji Min Sha, 22, faces preliminary murder charges in the death of roommate Varun Manish Chheda, 20, who was found dead inside their McCutcheon Hall dorm room just after midnight on Wednesday morning.
Residents at the hall say they were woken up in the middle of the night by a 'scream or some loud noises.'
Purdue University Police Department Chief Lesley Wiete said she believes the murder was 'unprovoked and senseless.'
Sha was identified as a junior studying cybersecurity who attended the school as an international student from South Korea.
An autopsy has yet to be performed on Chheda, and Wiete says police have not confirmed cause of death or whether a weapon was used.
Sha has not been booked into Tippecanoe County Jail, though Capt. Song Kang expects this to be done later Wednesday.
Purdue University police responded to a call at the McCutcheon Hall residential building to find Varun Manish Chheda, 20, dead inside his dorm room
Police chief Lesley Wiete said Chheda's roommate, Gji Min Sha, 22, was taken into custody as the main suspect in Chheda's murder. He faces preliminary charges of murder
Pictured: Purdue University's campus in West Lafayette, Indiana. Chheda's death is the first murder at the school since 2014, when Cody Cousins shot and stabbed Andrew Boldt
A call was made to campus
