Seattle (USA): Seattle-based Google product manager Sonam Saxena was arrested on suspicion of the second degree murder of his wife. Sonam, 43, was arrested after his wife, Smriti, went missing a day earlier. A body was found near Aneaho’omalu Bay, her last known location. The police have yet to positively identify the body as Smriti’s.
Prior to police finding the body, Saxena told news outlet West Hawaii Today that he last saw his wife in that area, and that she had suffered an asthma attack. He said he offered to return to their room at the Waikoloa Beach Resort to get her inhaler. He said he was “disturbed” because, upon returning, he found his wife’s phone and purse but she was missing. He said he rushed back to his room to dial 911. “We called out for her, but there was nothing. No response.”
Saxena had even put out a call for help on his LinkedIn page. saying: “ Can you please promote this tweet so that I can tell my daughters where their Mom is #help.” The Saxenas have two children.
Sonam worked for Google and Smitri for Microsoft. Sonam moved to Seattle from India in 2008.
