Search on for body of Texas teacher killed in Nepal

(MENAFN- Arab News) KATMANDU: Police in Nepal were searching a river on Tuesday for the body of an American woman more than a month after she was allegedly beaten to death by her landlord for money an officer said.
Dahlia Yehia 25 was killed in Pokhara a city famed for its lakeside views of mountains and her body dumped in a river said Hari Bahadur Pal a police superintendent in the town.
Yehia a teacher from Austin Texas arrived in Pokhara on Aug. 4 to help victims of twin earthquakes that devastated the Himalayan nation this year but was murdered three days later.
Police have detained Narayan Paudel 30 who played host to Yehia. Paudel had confessed to killing her for her money in an attack with a hammer Pal said. He then threw the body into the rocky gorge of the nearby Seti river.
'We are searching for the body for the past five days' Pal said adding that the search only began after the US Embassy in Nepal informed police of the incident.
Police were using ropes to descend into waters at the bottom of the deep narrow gorge to look for the body he said.
Paudel jumped out of a window at the police station after being detained and is being treated for a broken leg. He has yet to be charged and could face life in prison if convicted.
More than 8900 people were killed in the twin earthquakes this year Nepal's worst disaster on record which prompted a massive international relief and rescue operation that drew in aid groups and individuals to help.