Sacramento County authorities have acknowledged they were unable to track down a man accused of stalking a California woman for months before he allegedly killed her last week.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said deputies had probable cause to arrest 22-year-old Rohit Rohit in July after he allegedly breached a restraining order.

But deputies were unable to find him, officials said. On September 8, Rohit allegedly shot and killed Shalini Thakur, 38, despite the protective order she had obtained against him.

Disturbing surveillance video captured the moments before the killing outside a Sacramento Panera Bread shortly before 3pm. Authorities said Rohit, a DoorDash driver from India who entered the United States illegally in August 2023, chased Thakur before allegedly opening fire.

Rohit then drove away from the scene, according to the sheriff’s office. He later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after officers stopped his vehicle.

Thakur’s mother, Sudesh Kumari, is now mourning the death of her only daughter just two years after losing her husband.

Kumari broke down in tears during her daughter’s funeral in Sacramento on Monday as Thakur’s body was carried past in a wooden casket.

Tara Singh, a community representative with Guru Nanak Sat Sangat of California, a Sikh temple nonprofit that attended the service, said Kumari has been devastated by the loss and is struggling to process what happened.

‘Today, Mom is saying, “Please let me go with her, and I can’t be living all my life alone,”‘ Singh told CBS News. ‘It’s a very sad moment.’

Indian-born Thakur was a beloved waitress at the IHOP in Arden-Arcade, and she touched so many people that several customers even turned up to her funeral. 

Most of her family is home in India, so her mother and uncle were the only relatives able to attend the memorial service on Monday. 

Thakur’s friend, Satinder Dulai, remembered her for her bright spirit.  

‘She was a lady with a vibrant personality,’ Dulai told CBS. ‘Larger than life, with this glow about her, her aura. 

‘She had a bubbly personality. She had a lot of goals. And I think one by one, she was completing them. She was a little feisty, but very loving.’ 

‘I want to honor her heart and her kindness,’ said Melinda Willey, a regular IHOP customer who formed a friendship with Thakur. 

Many mourners also slammed the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office for failing to protect Thakur from Rohit despite him being on their radar for months. 

‘He was an illegal person in this country and she has a restraining order. I don’t know how the police department didn’t take any action,’ Singh said. 

Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Amar Gandhi said Thakur died just before 3pm on September 8, when Rohit approached her at the shopping mall where she worked on Howe Avenue and ‘began to accost her.’

‘As the victim attempted to run away, Rohit chased her down, pulled out a firearm, and shot her multiple times,’ he said. ‘The victim fell to the ground.’ 

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Gandhi added that Rohit then walked over to Thakur’s body as she lay dying on the sidewalk, and ‘shot her in the head at close range.’ 

Sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene and tracked Rohit’s vehicle as he fled. They quickly located him and said he ‘immediately slammed on his brakes’.

‘Deputies attempted to call out the driver for some time, but ultimately discovered that he was deceased from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound,’ Lieutenant Gandhi said. 

Homicide detectives were aware that Rohit had been harassing and stalking Thakur after meeting her through his DoorDash pickups from her workplace. 

The campaign of harassment dates back to at least January, when Thakur discovered an Apple AirTag he had planted under the hood of her car. 

Gandhi said Rohit’s behavior became ‘increasingly alarming,’ and on one occasion, he deflated Thakur’s tires and followed her to work so that he could offer her assistance.

Rohit even obtained a copy of her apartment key and entered her home on Sierra Boulevard while she was sleeping. 

He claimed the next day that he snuck into her home as a welfare check after she did not respond to his messages. 

The series of troubling incidents prompted Thakur to obtain a restraining order against Rohit, which he breached in July by dropping off random grocery items at her front door. 

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has blamed Biden’s immigration policies for the tragedy, saying Rohit illegally entered the US via Arizona in 2023.

Rohit was arrested by US Border Patrol agents in August of that year, but was ‘released into the country by the Biden administration,’ according to the DHS.

Rohit managed to pass background checks through Checkr to gain work with DoorDash by providing a Social Security number, sources told the Daily Mail. 

He had not made a delivery in more than six weeks and was not active on the platform on the day of the murder.

A DoorDash spokesman expressed condolences for Thakur’s family, and said the company is ‘fully cooperating’ with police as they investigate the case. 

‘This is an unimaginable tragedy, and our hearts are with Ms. Thakur’s family and loved ones as they grieve this immense loss,’ the spokesperson said. 

‘DoorDash has absolutely zero tolerance for violence or harassment of any kind, and we encourage anyone experiencing unwanted attention to report it directly in the DoorDash app, and to contact local law enforcement if they feel unsafe. 

‘We are fully cooperating with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office as they investigate.’ 

Kelly Osbourne has explained why she no longer has a relationship with her older sister, Aimee, saying she sees no possibility of the siblings reconciling.

The 41-year-old television personality previously confirmed in 2021 that she and Aimee, 43, had been estranged for years after their personalities clashed.

Now, Kelly has said she has permanently removed Aimee from her life. She claimed her sister never properly acknowledged either her or their brother Jack, 40, and said she felt Aimee was “embarrassed” by their family.

Appearing on Paul C Brunson’s We Need To Talk podcast, Kelly said: “I respect her, I accept her, but we’re different, and that’s OK.

“If you’re not going to accept me for who I am, and constantly be trying to change me and say horrible things about me, and truly seem to thrive when I’m not doing well, I don’t want you in my life.”

When asked whether there was any chance of a reconciliation, Kelly replied: “No, no.” Calling herself and Aimee “polar opposites,” she added: “It’s one of the hardest things of my life that I never got a big sister. I had to learn how to do certain things that a big sister should have taught you on my own. I do have a resentment there.”

“It was always me and Jack. If I’m honest, my older sister didn’t really ever acknowledge me and my brother. She was just in her own world, doing her own thing,” Kelly continued.

“And I do, to a certain extent, if I’m honest, feel as though she was embarrassed of us,” she said, clarifying that she meant “of the whole family.”

Later in the interview Kelly spoke about her deep loyalty to the other members of her family, telling the podcast: ‘I have never been ashamed of my family, we’re not conventional, but we are honest. I am like my father in the sense that I wear my heart on my sleeve, I can’t pretend. I am who I am. You can love me or hate me.’

Aimee, who is the eldest child of Sharon and the late rocker Ozzy, decided against featuring in their reality TV show, moving out of the family home at 16.

While MTV’s The Osbournes, which launched in 2002, catapulted her younger siblings Kelly and Jack to worldwide fame, Aimee stayed in the shadows, refusing to be drawn into the world of reality television. 

She previously said that she would have liked to have stayed at home ‘a little longer’, but as the MTV crew moved in the then teenager moved out.

In a previous interview with The Independent, Aimee said of not appearing on The Osbournes, ‘Back then, I still felt I was trying to figure out who I was in the chaos of family life, so why on earth would I want that portrayed on television?’

‘I wanted to protect myself, my parents, my siblings, too. They were very young, very impressionable,’ she continued.

Kelly says for her as a 16-year-old she was ‘so excited’ to take part in the show, but admits the family quickly realised the impact it would have on their lives.

Speaking on We Need To Talk she recalled: ‘I remember the night before The Osbournes launched on TV. Me, my mum and my brother went for a walk on Venice Beach and we all looked at each other and my mom said, “Have we just made the biggest mistake of our lives?”‘

‘And I was like “I don’t know.” Because we weren’t normal, we weren’t like everyone else, we were just being ourselves. And all of a sudden the judgement came in, and the very next day, there were paparazzi outside my house.’

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‘I didn’t even think the show would make me famous, and I was just excited because it was MTV, it was cool.’

The family’s show came to an end in 2005 after running for four series. Kelly was 20 when the cameras left and she explains that despite the show only being a part of her life for four years, to some extent she can never escape that period of time.

‘The reason why we decided to end the series… Because the thing is, there’s nowhere to go but down. We wanted to end on a high and we wanted to have our lives back,’ she explained.

‘And I wanted to figure out what I wanted to do with my life, and that took me a minute. It’s only just now, when I’m in my 40’s that I’m free to do that.’

‘There are some people that still see me as that 16 year old. Half of me is like ‘haha I’ll take it’, the other half is like “come on, like people grow up, people change, life happens.”‘

Previously I’m A Celebrity star Jack revealed that he and sister Aimee are also ‘not close at all’ in a podcast recorded weeks before the death of their father Ozzy. 

Jack said on the Disrespectfully podcast: ‘Back then she really wanted to be a musician and the kind of musician she wanted to be was like a Fiona Apple, Mazzy Star, like this kind of obscure, mysterious, moody…

‘And she deemed doing a show on MTV as low-hanging fruit. She was like, “I’m not going to be seen riding coat-tails,” kind of thing, that’s how she perceived it.

‘Once the show was hugely successful I think she was kind of like, “Well I can’t now come on because I don’t want to be seen even more so as jumping on the bandwagon.” And she dug her heels in and wanted to be relatively private and obscure.’

Aimee has remained out of the limelight and has released music under the name ARO, which are her initials and also has a few acting credits under her belt.

Jack revealed on the podcast they weren’t on close terms when he was quizzed on whether Aimee regretted not taking part in the family’s reality series.

He admitted: ‘I’ve never had the conversation with her, we’re not close at all. We don’t have a great relationship, she’ll be the first to tell you that, so it’s no secret.

‘I’ve never asked her outright, “Do you regret it’” I think there must be a level of like, “Hey, my life would have probably been different than what it is if I’d done that”, so I don’t know, I think I would feel like I would have regretted it.’

Sharon previously admitted she was devastated when Aimee moved out, saying on The Talk in 2018: ‘She felt too that she didn’t want to grow up on camera. She hated the idea – it was appalling to her.

‘And so she left at 16 and I regret every day that she did. It broke my heart when she moved.’

Last year, Aimee courageously put herself in the spotlight for her beloved father at his funeral procession.

The Black Sabbath rocker died aged 76 on July 22, 2025 and his funeral cortege travelled through his hometown of Birmingham, passing thousands of fans who lined the streets.

Kelly and Aimee were pictured with their devastated mother and brother for the rock legend’s send off.

Ozzy shared daughters Kelly and Aimee, as well as son Jack, with his wife of 43 years Sharon, and also had three children, Louis, Jessica and Eliot, from his first marriage to wife Thelma Riley.

A London Underground passenger allegedly killed an Elizabeth Line worker with a single punch after becoming enraged over missing a train, a court has heard.

Ayodele Jamgbadi, 29, of Kingston Road in Ilford, is accused of the murder of Jorge Ortega, 61, an “adored” father.

The alleged incident unfolded at about 8.45pm on December 4, 2024, after Jamgbadi missed a service from Ilford Station to Stratford. Prosecutors say he reacted by kicking an advertising display frame.

Mr Ortega and two fellow Transport for London employees stepped in and attempted to defuse the situation, Inner London Crown Court was told.

But Jamgbadi is alleged to have struck the 61-year-old once in the face, causing him to fall to the ground unconscious.

Mr Ortega was rushed to hospital following the alleged assault, but died from his injuries two days later.

Jamgbadi was first charged with grievous bodily harm, before the allegation was changed to murder after Mr Ortega’s death.

Judge Benedict Kelleher told jurors that Jamgbadi is unfit to enter a plea. Their role, he said, is therefore to decide whether he carried out the alleged act.

He said: ‘He is unfit to plead which means that he is not mentally well enough to stand trial and he is in hospital for that reason.

Patrick Dennis, prosecuting, told the court that Mr Ortega was on duty at the time of the incident. 

He said: ‘The defendant arrived at the railway station. CCTV shows that he missed the train heading into London to Stratford.

‘After he missed the train the defendant effectively kicked an advert frame.

‘As a result Mr Ortega and two other staff members came out of the office and they effectively tried to calm Mr Jamgbadi down.

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‘As Mr Ortega retreated backward the defendant punched him once in the face and that caused Mr Ortega to fall onto the platform and strike his head and that rendered him unconscious.

‘The defendant displayed aggressive behaviour.’

Mr Dennis said an ambulance arrived and Mr Ortega was taken to hospital but ’48 hours after the incident he tragically died’.

Following his arrest, Jamgbadi told British Transport Police officers: ‘I punched him in the face, I literally punched him in the face. 

‘What are you going to do about it, are you going to nick me?’

Mr Ortega was a member of the RMT union and worked as a customer experience assistant for MTREL, which runs the Elizabeth line.

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch expressed his condolences to Mr Ortega’s family after the attack.

Then-prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said the incident was ‘absolutely tragic’.

In a tribute, Mr Ortega’s son said: ‘Our dad was the most loving person, the kindest soul you could have the pleasure of meeting. 

‘Everyone who has met our dad or who has ever worked with him over the years will tell you this. 

‘He had a brilliant mind, enjoyed cooking, loved drawing, and was highly skilled in art. 

‘He was an amazing family man and would always put other people first. He loved his grandchildren, and in turn, they adored our dad.’

The trial continues.

Friends and relatives of Bondi Rescue lifeguard Matt Dee have spoken about the circumstances surrounding his sudden death.

The television personality died earlier this month at the age of 47, prompting widespread speculation over the cause of his death.

At a Sunday tribute for the popular lifesaver at Sydney’s Bronte Beach, Dee’s close friend Kev Goodall said it was believed he had died of natural causes.

Dee’s father, John Dee, also told NewsWire that natural causes were thought to have claimed his son’s life.

“All he said is, if I ever go, just make sure you guys make it a big party,” John said, explaining the family’s decision to hold a beachside memorial.

“We’re just following his wishes, and doing exactly what he’d want us to do.

“And this is his home beach, so it’s a fitting place to do it.”

Dee was remembered during an emotional paddle-out at Bronte Beach on Saturday.

Friends, relatives, fans and fellow surfers gathered on the sand with flowers before taking their boards into the surf to farewell the much-loved lifeguard and mental health ambassador.

Food, drinks and music were shared among the crowd, with the celebration of Matt’s life kicking off under the sun as attendees shared memories of the lifeguard. 

Matt spent almost a decade saving lives on Sydney’s eastern beaches. 

His family announced his death earlier this month in a statement shared on social media. 

‘It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share the heartbreaking news of the passing of our Matt Dee,’ they began.

‘Matt touched the lives of many, he also did amazing work and he will be deeply missed and forever remembered by those who knew and loved him.

‘Funeral arrangements and details will be shared once they have been finalised.

‘If Matt’s passing has brought up difficult feelings for you, please know that you don’t have to face them alone. Support is available.’

Matt became one of Bondi Rescue’s most recognisable and beloved lifeguards, winning fans with his cheeky humour, infectious personality and unmistakable Aussie charm.

He featured on the reality show from 2008 until 2017. 

His popularity was so great that Bondi Rescue later celebrated his greatest moments in a compilation titled ‘The Most Aussie Lifeguard EVER’. 

Away from the cameras, Matt dedicated much of his time to helping others, co-founding non-profit organisation, FTW Revolution, and working to raise awareness around mental health.

Dee was also a Suicide Prevention Australia advocate.

He dedicated himself to helping people who struggled with their mental health, inspired by the struggles of his brother and sister, who died in the space of a year, following their own battles. 

The reality TV personality’s younger sister, Rachel Bridger Dee, died aged 30 in December 2009, following a decade-long battle with schizophrenia.

His older brother Jonathan had bipolar disorder and died several months earlier.

If you or anyone you know needs immediate support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or via lifeline.org.au. In an emergency, call 000.