Introduction

Barty Mandel was hired to clean the home of Rajesh and Newport, Alawah. The Talwal's also employed a live-in servant named Hamraj Banjade. Barty would visit their three-bedroom home twice a day to dust, clean the floors, and wash the dishes. At 6am on Friday, May 16, 2008, Barty arrived for her first shift of the day. She rang the doorbell as usual, but Hamraj didn't appear. When she tried again he finally opened up through an exterior mesh security door.