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 Dahlia Yehia, 25, was killed in Pokhara, a city famed for its
lakeside views of mountains, and her body dumped in a river, said
Hari Bahadur Pal, a police superintendent in the town.
Yehia, a teacher from Austin, Texas, arrived in Pokhara on Aug. 4 to
help victims of twin earthquakes that devastated the Himalayan
nation this year, but was murdered three days later.
Police have detained Narayan Paudel, 30, who played host to Yehia.
Paudel had confessed to killing her for her money, in an attack with
a hammer, Pal said. He then threw the body into the rocky gorge of
the nearby Seti river.
 "We are searching for the body for the past five days," Pal said,
adding that the search only began after the U.S. embassy in Nepal
informed police of the incident.
Police were using ropes to descend into waters at the bottom of the
deep, narrow gorge, to look for the body, he said.
Paudel jumped out of a window at the police station after being
detained and is being treated for a broken leg. He has yet to be
charged, and could face life in prison if convicted.
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More than 8,900 people were killed in the twin earthquakes this
year, Nepal's worst disaster on record, which prompted a massive
international relief and rescue operation that drew in aid groups
and individuals to help.
(Reporting by Gopal Sharma; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani and Clarence
Fernandez)
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