A murder involves a murderer, the murdered, a murder weapon and more often than not, a motive. This template is true for most cases covered on our podcast. But where there is a rule, there is an exception. The case we have for you today is such an exception. This case has a murder, but no murder weapon, no motive, and no murderer. This is the story of a 22 year old girl that shook the city of Philadelphia, this is the story of Nadia Malik. For fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/Aryaan https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/Aishwarya https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/To buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studios

Evil can be anywhere and everyone. It can lurk in the shadows of your own home or your neighborhood. It can watch from a distance as you go about your day or it can stare at you right in your face. And most times, we don’t realize we came so close to evil till it’s already too late. For the victim in today’s story, that is exactly what happened. As this 7 year old went about his day, evil watched and in an instant, life for a family changed forever. This is the story of that 7 year old and a hunt that has lasted 20 years. This is the story of Rahul Raju.For fastest updates, follow our socials at: https://www.instagram.com/desicrime/Aryaan https://www.instagram.com/aryaanmisra/Aishwarya https://www.instagram.com/aishwaryasinghs/To buy Desi Studios merch, visit: https://kadakmerch.com/collections/desi-studios

If there is any one thing common to all humans, regardless of race or age or ethnicity or the time period in which we lived, it is our longing for freedom. Freedom from coercion, freedom from oppression, freedom to choose, freedom to live. But sometimes, this freedom comes at a cost, a cost we don’t even know we need to pay until it's far too late. Freedom is all one 17 year old Pakistani British girl longed for and freedom is what she never got. This is the story of that one 17 year old. This is the story of Shafelia Ahmed.

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