Repeat offender accused of college students murder was known threat after prior arrest: victims mom
FIRST ON FOX: "This happening to her feels so unfair in so many ways," said the mother of slain University of Arizona student Julissa "Julie" Salazar.Salazar, 19, was found strangled to death in her apartment near campus on Thursday.Investigators say her alleged killer, Varun Batchigari, 20, from India, boarded a flight out of the U.S.and was captured by law enforcement in Berlin, Germany.INDIAN NATIONAL ACCUSED OF ARIZONA GIRLFRIEND'S MURDER ENTERED US ON STUDENT VISA: FEDERAL SOURCESVarun Batchigari is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old Julissa Salazar.
Federal law enforcement sources told Fox News he entered the U.S.on an F-1 student visa and was arrested in Germany after allegedly attempting to flee to India.
(CBP)Reports say his alleged motive may have been tied to a breakup with Salazar.Her mother told Fox News Digital that Salazar had "broken up" with the suspect before she was found dead.Salazar was preparing to enter her third year at the University of Arizona, where she was studying psychology, her mother told Fox News Digital.(Julissa Salazar's mother)"She had already had that conversation with him" about ending the relationship, said Salazar's mother, who asked not to be identified.Federal law enforcement sources confirmed to Fox News that Batchigari entered the U.S.
on an F-1 student visa in January 2024.He was expelled from the University of Arizona following a "fight," KOLD reported.The university confirmed to Fox News Digital that Batchigari was expelled on July 22."We can confirm that Julissa Rubi Salazar was a University of Arizona student and offer our deepest condolences to her family, friends and all who knew her as a member of our campus community," the university said in a statement.
"We have been in contact with Julissa’s family and are providing support and resources to those who need them during this very difficult time."US STATE DEPARTMENT HAS YANKED MORE THAN 175K VISAS UNDER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SO FARA co...