coffee_rules Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20121024_Abduction_of_baby__killing_of_grandmother_shakes_King_of_Prussia.html Abduction of baby, killing of grandmother shakes King of Prussia By Carolyn Davis, Mari A. Schaefer, and Jessica Parks The Marquis apartment complex in King of Prussia was draped with yellow crime-scene tape Tuesday as firefighters drained the pool, police academy cadets swept lawns and drainage ditches, and law enforcement authorities continued looking into the abduction of a 10-month-old girl and the slaying of her grandmother. Local, state, and federal authorities are jointly investigating the abduction of the girl, Saanvi Venna, and the killing of her grandmother, Satayvathi Venna, 61. Authorities gave few details of either incident Tuesday, citing concern for the baby's safety. A news release said: "Investigators are attempting to identify any person with a motive to harm any member of the Venna family." Police believe the child was taken Monday between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. They got a call to go to the sixth-floor apartment in the C building, and when they arrived about 1:16 p.m., they found Satayvathi Venna's body. An autopsy was being done Tuesday. Family members were with Upper Merion police much of Tuesday, unable to keep from getting choked up when asked about the elder Venna's death and the baby's disappearance. "We want help to bring the girl back," said Ram Venna, Saanvi's uncle. "We still have hope." He had no idea why the family was targeted, he said. In a televised news conference late Monday, Saanvi's father, Venkata Konda Siva Venna, made a brief, emotional plea asking, "If someone finds my baby, could you please bring my baby back?" A statement from Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman, Upper Merion Police Chief Thomas Nolan, and FBI Supervisory Senior Resident Agent Joseph Bushner said that Venkata Venna; his mother, Satayvathi Venna; the baby; and the baby's mother, Chenchu Latha Punuru, were living together in the Marquis apartment. The grandmother had arrived from India for a visit in July and was scheduled to return home in January. The child's parents moved to King of Prussia in 2012 after emigrating from India in 2007. Before coming to King of Prussia, they lived in San Antonio; Troy, Mich.; and Cleveland, authorities said. Residents of the Marquis complex were trying Tuesday to understand how such horrible crimes could happen so close to home. Veronica Nava, 36, lives in the complex's A building and was walking outside with one of her two children. She is pregnant with a third. Nava learned of the incident about 2 p.m. Monday while doing laundry. "You always fear the worst," she said. "A homicide is a big shock." "I feel bad . . . for the guy who is looking for his daughter," said resident Tanya Bazylskiy, 37, who lives in the C building. She said the apartment had many young professionals and families living there, "good neighbors." Many older grandparents watch their grandchildren at the complex, Bazylskiy said. Mary Williams, 49, lives on the fifth floor of building C, just below where the grandmother was killed. She said she was at her apartment all day Monday. She and neighbors she had spoken to did not hear fighting or violence of any kind, Williams said. But "each floor is kind of isolated," she said, and the walls are thick enough to block noise in other apartments. Jasbir Singh's store, the Royal India Spice Market, is on West DeKalb Pike in King of Prussia, one block from the Marquis. "So many in the Indian community live there," Singh said, and work at technology companies in the area and at the King of Prussia mall. Singh doesn't know the Venna family but says some of his customers who came in Tuesday live in the same apartment complex and talked about Monday's sad events. "People come in here, they say: 'Very bad' - but nobody knows what happened." The Marquis complex has five buildings. Tenants say the rent there is affordable, with a three-bedroom apartment costing $1,200 a month. The complex was built in the 1950s and needs updating, tenants said. A spokeswoman for Marquis Property Management issued a statement Monday saying: "We are not at liberty to discuss the situation. We are cooperating with authorities during their investigation." Police ask that anyone with information call 610-265-3232. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triam Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 wtf this is my neighborhood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 WTF. I just came from there the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganeshran Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Hope she is found safe and sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 3 days since the baby is missing. Hope they find her. Now there is a reward posted as well.. http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Baby-Abducted-During-Homcide-in-Upper-Merion-Cops--175295691.html The Citizen's Crime Commission of Delaware Valley will be administering the reward posted by Upper Merion Township Police, The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office and the Teluga Association of North America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share Posted October 26, 2012 http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20121026_Authorities__Developments_in_abducted_baby_case.html Authorities: Developments in abducted baby case A press conference is expected this afternoon, although no official time has been given. Ferman has kept tight-lipped and has not indicated the nature of the developments. But Saanvi's family was inside, according to family friend, Saila Adluru, who was outside crying. Sad News. They just found her body... http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=8861181 A person of interest has been arrested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I read the ransom note.. cold hearted this ******* is. SHould be hanged to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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maniac Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Hope the guy rots in hell what a despicable act :(( :(( Here is the FB profile of the Killer https://www.facebook.com/raghunandan.yandamuri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share Posted October 26, 2012 http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/19925213/sources-missing-10-month-old-found-dead Ferman described the suspect, Ragunandan Yandamuri, as "a friend of the family; … someone known to them; someone you will see from the court documents … that placed himself here to support the family during the search for their child; someone who actually printed fliers and handed them out; someone who offered support, came to this police station during the course of the search – actually attended the vigil in memory of Mrs. Venna and looking for Saanvi." What a heartless tool. I am all for death penalty to see the end of such psychos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganeshran Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 heardless bastard. That ransom note clearly gives away that it was written by an Indian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherhawkeye Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Why would he do such a thing? Human mind, sometimes, works in utterly *****y ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Raghunandan Yandamuri, 26, described by Ferman as a friend of the Venna family, has been charged in the murders of Saanvi and Satyavathi Venna. Ferman said Yandamuri told authorities that he intended to kidnap the child and hold her for $50,000 ransom. “He believed the family was of sufficient means to pay that ransom,” Ferman said. As he was leaving the scene of the elder Venna’s murder, Ferman said, Yandamuri “suffocated” the baby with a handkerchief and placed her in a suitcase, later disposing of the body. The chillingly detailed ransom note allegedly left by Yandamuri threatened that Saanvi would be “cut into pieces” and have her body parts “thrown into your apartments” if the family informed anyone of the abduction. Ferman said that Yandamuri also lived at the Marquis apartments and had known the Venna family “socially” since the summer. Ferman said authorities believe that Yandamuri did not intially intend to kill the victims and that he had appeared as a support figure for the family in the days since the killing, going so far as to post “missing” flyers for Saanvi Venna. Raghunandan Yandamuri Ransom Note Credit Montgomery County District Attorney’s office Suspect said grandmother attacked him as he attempted to take baby According to an affadavit filed by Upper Merion Detective Andrew Rathfon and Montgomery County Detective Paul Bradbury, the use of the Indian diminutives “shiva” and “lata” in the ransom note helped lead authorities to believe that the note’s author was someone familiar with the family. Authorities first interviewed Yandamuri on Thursday, the day after he attended a vigil held in support of the family. He initially denied being involved in the killings but later admitted to them, the affadavit states. According to the detectives, Yandamuri said he went to work on Monday and used his work computer to prepare the ransom note. He reportedly told the detectives that he arrived at the apartment at about 11:00 a.m. Monday, armed with a four-inch kitchen knife. Satyavathi Venna answered the door. She initially retreated when threatened with the knife, but then “came at” Yandamuri after he picked up the baby. During the ensuing struggle, Saanvi fell from his grip and he fell on top of her. It was then that the elder Venna was wounded in the throat, Yandamuri allegedly told detectives. When Saanvi began crying, Yandamuri allegedly said, he “stuffed” a handkerchief in her mouth to make her stop, and wrapped a bath towel around her head to hold the handkerchief in place. He then described placing her inside a suitcase he found inside the apartment before disposing of her body in the steam room of the men’s bathroom inside the apartment complex’s gymnasium. Source patch.com Here are more details of this chilling act...Don't know how to react I am boiling with anger and feeling really sad at the same time http://www.telugumuchatlu.com/2012/10/26/telugu-american-raghunandan-yandamuri-charged-in-saanvi-venna-and-sathyavathi-venna/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I hope the state has the death penalty for this ahole. The Ransom note as pointed earlier is an easy give away, that is plain dumb and inhuman at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Why would he do such a thing? Human mind' date=' sometimes, works in utterly *****y ways.[/quote'] Greed...he is working.. in all possibility must be making decent money himself. He is only 26. Marred only this year. It is quiet unfathomable that he could even contemplate on such a thing let alone execute it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 What an utter tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Hope the guy rots in hell what a despicable act :(( :(( Here is the FB profile of the Killer https://www.facebook.com/raghunandan.yandamuri when i opened today morning he had about 180 friends. now down to 141.. stupid guy has written some thing like "people will be watching you all the time".. everyone who knows him is going to be embarrassed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suraj Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 how can ppl even think of doing something like this??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuge Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 :(( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikred Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Damn, what a world we live in. Can't even trust your relatives and friends. How does one get a heart to even hurt an innocent baby. :(( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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