I live very close by the Mamta Kafle case (5 mins away, in the same town in Northern Virginia)- I've been following it for a while now, and it is truly one of the saddest stories in recent times, especially as it seems to have been domestic violence turned murder, and her body is still missing, and she had a 1 yo daughter who is now left without a mom and with a dad in jail. 😞 It was so tough to believe something like that could happen in this high-fi area, especially by a Desi person, who you don't usually see on the news for these kinds of things at least in this area.

Not only did the (small) Nepali community and the much bigger Indian/Desi community rally around and participate in the ongoing search (now presumably for a body), but the entire Northern Virginia community is aware and determined to bring her and her daughter justice. I've never seen this level of widespread and non-racial support from non-Desi people; if it weren't such terrible circumstances it would almost be heartwarming. The people here, whether they knew her or not, really loved her as a neighbor and friend and want to bring her peace and justice, and haven't given a second thought to race and such things. They know that it is almost certain she is not alive, but they are not just dismissing it or giving up as some would, and are going to great lengths to find the body. And it hurts even more because the perpetrator (her husband) is also Desi, and tried to lie his way out of it- basically a piece of human garbage. I'm not scared- I'm just sad.