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Deputies Miss Suspect After Probable Cause in Sacramento Killing
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Story summary
- Indian national Rohit Rohit, 22, killed 38-year-old Shalini Thakur outside a Sacramento Panera Bread.
- Deputies had probable cause but failed to locate Rohit after two search attempts.
- The restraining order breach was a misdemeanor, not domestic violence, because they were friends.
- Rohit threatened Thakur before the killing.
- Sanctuary-state laws limited cooperation with federal immigration officials who arrested Rohit in August 2023.