Mystery as international student, 21, is found shot to death in her Texas apartment

A 21-year-old international student was found shot dead in her Houston home on Monday.

Photos have been taken of a suspect. CCTV footage shows him leaving the scene of the crime on Saturday evening.

The victim was identified as Muna Pandey, an only child from Nepal who was studying nursing abroad in Texas. She attended Houston Community College and worked at a local phone store.

This is the second student found murdered in Houston this week.

Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a junior at Rice University, was found dead in her dorm room with her boyfriend less than an hour earlier. Police said Avila was the victim of a murder-suicide.

A suspect is pictured on surveillance footage leaving Pandey’s apartment on Saturday. He has not yet been identified

Police released images of Pandey’s suspected killer and asked the public for help in identifying him.

“Homicide detectives are searching for this man in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman at 6363 West Airport Blvd. on Monday,” Houston police said in a statement Wednesday.

“We demand justice for Muna Pandey, my dear friend and former roommate, who tragically passed away from us,” Muna’s former roommate Orusha Niraula added in a Facebook post.

“She was shot in her own home in Houston… the pain of losing her in such a violent manner is unbearable.”

According to police, they arrived at the woman’s rental apartment on West Airport Boulevard around 5:35 p.m. after receiving an anonymous tip that there was a body in the apartment.

The caller has not been identified.

According to family sources, Pandey is said to have been in a relationship with a white American man and has expressed concerns about the stability of the relationship.

She expressed her concerns to her mother Anita, it was reported a non-profit organization that writes stories about Nepalese people living in New York.

She also said Muna’s cell phone was unreachable for three days before she was found. The footage released by Houston police was taken Saturday night at approximately 9:48 p.m.

The photo shows the apartment complex where Pandey was found shot dead after an anonymous tip.

“HPD patrol officers responded to a report of a shot and found the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds inside an apartment,” police said in an accompanying news release Wednesday.

Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene.

“Staff at the apartment complex told officers that prior to calling 911, they received an anonymous call about a body in the apartment. There is no known motive at this time.”

Her body, riddled with gunshot wounds, has been sent for autopsy, they said, and the search is now underway for the suspected perpetrator.

“We will not rest until those responsible for this senseless act are brought to justice,” Niraula said of the search on social media.

“Muna deserves to be remembered as the incredible person she was, and we will continue to fight for the justice she deserves.”

She added that the nursing student had been “like a sister to me.” [her],’ and was always ‘full of life, kindness and joy.

“Her cheerful personality and infectious laugh brightened every moment,” she added.

Meanwhile, family sources reportedly revealed that Pandey was in a relationship with a white American man and that she had expressed concerns about the stability of the relationship. She reportedly expressed those concerns to her mother Anita

It comes after Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a junior at Rice University, was found shot to death in her Houston dorm room an hour earlier. He was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. A note was reportedly found

“It is heartbreaking that someone so wonderful was taken from us so cruelly.”

Police say no weapon was found at the murder scene and no suspect has yet been identified.

The man in the images was still at large and unknown on Wednesday evening.

However, he is considered a suspect because his name and whereabouts are unknown.

On Monday at 4:30 p.m., Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a 21-year-old Rice University student, was found shot to death in her dorm room along with a man believed to be her boyfriend.

He was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. A note was found.