Slain Arizona student planned to break up with her Indian boyfriend, arrest warrant says

The University of Arizona student who was killed in her apartment planned to break up with her Indian boyfriend and feared for her safety in the relationship, according to findings in a Tucson Police Department arrest warrant filed with the court in Pima County. Julissa Rubi Salazar, 19, discussed ending her relationship with Varun Batchigari, 20, according to a roommate who provided details to police after the young woman’s body was found in her bed in her Tucson home Aug. 6, fully clothed and covered in a blanket. The victim told her roommate that Batchigari was abusive and had sexually assaulted her in the past after an altercation at a Halloween party, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. When her body was found, Salazar had injuries that suggested she was strangled, including redness and scratches around her neck with marks known as petechiae on her eyes, eyelids and face that indicate trauma from popped blood vessels, the affidavit said.

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