Missing US lady was murdered in Langtang region: Police
RASUWA, AUG 02 - Nepal Police have confirmed that American tourist Aubrey Caroline Sacco , 23, who went missing while trekking along the Lamtang trail since 2010, was murdered .
According to sources, one of the accused involved in the murder told the police that Sacco body was thrown into the Lamtang River after the murder.
Police have arrested Pemba Lama and Jagat Tamang of Lamtang on the charge of their involvement in the murder.
The Central Police Investigation Bureau arrested them and took them to the murder site on Thursday.
The sources said that Pemba and Jagat in their statement said that they murdered Sacco near a huge rock above the riverside and threw her passport and other documents into the river.
Her camera was taken by Jagat Tamang, the sources added.
Meanwhile, one Lhakpa Lopchan has also been arrested as per the statement by Pemba. It has been reported that Lopchan was the mastermind behind the murder.
Sacco went missing since April 20, 2010 after she set out on a weeklong hike in the Langtang Valley just south of the Tibetan border.
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