By Helen Pow PUBLISHED: 12:29 EST, 13 February 2014 | UPDATED: 14:30 EST, 13 February 2014 Tragic: Two Virginia Tech students have been charged in the brutal murder of a fellow student, Samanata Shrestha, pictured A Virginia Tech student and two of her friends have been charged in the brutal murder of a fellow female student who had just been accepted into medicine school. Jessica Michelle Ewing, 22, is accused of killing Samanata Shrestha, 21, a popular senior, some time after 7 a.m. Saturday in the Blacksburg area. Keifer Kyle Brown, a 23-year-old who graduated from the college last year, allegedly helped Ewing stash the body, and has been charged as an accessory in the murder.
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Jessica Ewing, 22, is accused of murdering Samanata Shrestha, 21, a biology major who had just been accepted into Penn State College of Medicine
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The student was reported missing by her parents Saturday morning after they couldn't get hold of her
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Finally, on Monday, police discovered Shrestha's body wrapped in a sleeping bag in the back seat of her abandoned car, a black 2004 Mercedes
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Keifer Kyle Brown and Michael Heller allegedly helped Ewing stash the body and have been charged with accessory after the fact
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Investigators have not yet determined a motive for the shock slaying, nor do they know how the suspects knew their victim or if they in fact did
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