Jennifer Gould

With no backstop to catch the heavy .45 caliber slugs, the bullets were just free to whistle through the residential neighborhood.

Adams is now charged with first-degree manslaughter for his conscious disregard for human life.

Currently out on bond, he is slated to face the music at a preliminary hearing on February 26th.

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A cold-blooded killer allegedly turned a New Year's Eve reunion into a slaughter, stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death before playing the role of a worried lover to buy himself enough time to flee the continent.

Nikita Godeshala, a 27-year-old rising star data analyst, was found brutally murdered inside the Columbia apartment of Arjun Sharma, 26, just hours after the suspect called police to report her missing in a diabolical attempt to cover his tracks.

Seth Hoffman with the Howard County Police spoke to Fox 5 DC.

The carnage unfolded shortly after 7 p.m.

on December 31st at Sharma's residence in the 10,100 block of Twin Rivers Road.

Detectives believe Sharma unleashed a savage knife attack, leaving the ambitious professional dead from multiple stab wounds.

Two days later, in a move police call purely premeditated, Sharma walked into Howard County headquarters to file a bogus missing person report claiming he hadn't seen Nikita since the holiday.

While cops began their search, Sharma was already racing to Dulles International Airport, boarding a one-way flight to India.

The charade collapsed on January 3rd when officers broke into Sharma's apartment and discovered Nikita's hidden, mutilated body.

An international dragnet involving the FBI and Interpol was immediately launched, and by January 5th, Sharma was reportedly cornered and arrested by Indian authorities.

The motive may be as greedy as it was gruesome.

Nikita's devastated dad revealed his daughter had loaned the suspect a large sum of money and was demanding repayment.

Howard County Police are now working the red tape to extradite the suspect back to Maryland to face first-degree murder charges.

And finally, talk about not being par for the course.