Dahlia Yehia, 25, arrived in Nepal on July 20 to serve in Pokhara, where she was killed by a teacher named Narayan Paudel, according to Hari Bahadur Pal, the Kaski District Police superintendent:.
Police said Paudel confessed to beating Yehia to death, putting her body in a sack and dumping it in the river.
Yehia's body has not been recovered, Pal said.
She met Paudel through the Couchsurfing website, which connects travelers with local hosts for accommodations.
According to police, Paudel confessed last week to killing her on August 4.
Her friends and family, concerned about her whereabouts, contacted the U.S. Embassy in Nepal. Local authorities launched an investigation.
More than 8,000 people were killed in the April 25 quake. Hundreds of thousands were left homeless.
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