Blame the Servants, Shame the Parents — The 2008 Noida Double Murders

Part 1: Crowded Crime Scenes and Closed Doors

With their larger-than-life theories in a story of two deaths, the Indian media, police, and public all had guesses as to who killed Aarushi Talwar and Hemraj Banjade. Speculation was often rooted in biases and misinformation that plagued the case from the start, the endlessly covered saga continuing the attack beyond the day of May 15, 2008.