Murder Suspect Brings Dead Body to Police Station

MOUNT SHASTA, CA- Indian American man who confessed to having a dead body in his car when he arrived at a Northern California police station Monday then led officers to his apartment, where three more bodies were discovered, authorities said.

All four victims are related to the suspect, Shankar Hangud, Roseville Police Department Capt. Joshua Simon said,

An Indian American man drove for an unknown number of hours with a dead body in his vehicle before going to the police station in Mount Shasta, Calif., where he confessed to killing the person in his car and three others in Roseville, Calif.

Shankar Nagappa Hangud, 53, was arrested in Mount Shasta. He was then transported back to Placer County, Calif., where he is being held without bail on four counts of murder. He had not been arraigned as of press time Oct. 15.

Hangud told Shasta police the exact location of his other three victims; Roseville police investigated the address — an apartment complex in Roseville — and found three dead bodies. Investigators are attempting to establish a timeline for the killings.

None of the victims’ names has been released as next of kin have not been notified, Captain Josh Simon of the Roseville Police Department told reporters at a press conference Oct. 15 morning. Simon did identify the victims as two adults and two juveniles, and said police believe they are all family members, but did not state the relationships. He did say the slayings could have happened more than a week ago and could have occurred over a time span.

The victim in the car has been identified as an adult male of Indian descent.

Simon did not state the manner of death of each of the victims, nor the type of weapon used to kill each of them. No firearms were found at the Roseville apartment, he said.

Simon said there was no known motive at this time; the investigation is still ongoing.

Hangud has been interviewed extensively by police. He appears to be the only suspect in the heinous crime.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Hangud is an enterprise data architect, whose last job was with Social Interest Solutions, in Sacramento. His profile still lists him as working for the company, He earned his MBA from the University of Phoenix.

Hangud briefly lived in Milpitas, Calif., and for four years in Dallas, Texas.

As per report Hangud owes more than $178,000 to the Internal Revenue Service and faces a tax lien.