Friday, December 21, 2007

LSU MURDER OF KOMMA AND ALLAM: SKETCHES OF SUSPECTS RELEASED


The sketches of suspected killers of two Indian students of Louisiana State University,
released by agencies probing the crime. (Picture courtesy: LSU)

Cops Release LSU Murder Suspect Sketches
Two Doctoral Candidates May Have Been Targeted in 'Crime of Opportunity'
By DAVID SCHOETZ, Dec. 17, 2007

Police in Baton Rouge, La., have released sketches of two men they are seeking in connection with the shooting deaths of two Louisiana State University doctoral students last week.

One of the two suspects was believed to be the driver of an older model, light-colored Oldsmobile Alero seen near the campus crime scene, according to Sgt. Don Kelly, a spokesman for the Baton Rouge Police Department.

Investigators believe that one or two additional suspects may have been involved in the double homicide last Thursday that claimed the lives of Chandrasekhar Reddy Komma, 31, and Kiran Kumar Allam, 33. Both men were married Indian students working on doctoral degrees -- Komma in biology and Allam in chemistry.

The men in the police sketches were observed at the apartment complex, which houses almost exclusively international students, at 9 p.m. on the night of the shooting, according to police. The first 911 call about the shooting came in at 10:37 p.m.

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