Court records show a man charged with murder in the stabbing death of his Purdue University dormitory roommate has been found competent to stand trial.
A status conference in the case has been scheduled for Sept. 29.Sha, a cybersecurity major from Seoul, South Korea, faces one count of murder in, 20, of Indianapolis. The two lived in McCutcheon Hall on Purdue’s West Lafayette campus, about 65 miles northwest of Indianapolis.
Prosecutors allege that Sha stabbed Chheda, a data science major, several times in the head and neck with a folding knife that officers found on the floor near the chair where Chheda’s body was discovered. Court records show Sha has told police he believes “he is extensively involved in international espionage and is a former CIA operative.”
Purdue Police Chief Lesley Wiete has said Sha called police early on Oct. 5, 2022, and told them his roommate was dead in their dorm room. Officers who arrested Sha found him wearing clothes with blood on them, prosecutors have said. An autopsy found that Chheda had died of “multiple sharp-force traumatic injuries.”
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