2 people charged in murder for hire of an executive chef in California
Atlanta sources reported that Dominic Sarkar, executive chef at the Passage to India restaurant was shot to death while he was sleeping in his bedroom inside his home in Fremont, on October 8, 2018. Police investigation established that Sarkar’s girlfriend Maria Moore had hired Marvel Salvant to kill him, in order to collect $800,000 in life insurance policies.
Meanwhile according to the charging documents, police responded to the scene after Sarkar was shot in bed multiple times. No valuables were taken from the home. Sarkar’s roommates in other bedrooms were not assaulted. After the shooting, a neighbor saw a male wearing a lighted headlamp run from Sarkar’s residence and flee on a bicycle. Furthermore Moore told investigators that she had an occasional sexual relationship with Sarkar but admitted to visiting him at his home on the evening of the murder. She said she was the beneficiary on a life insurance policy insuring Sarkar. But she denied giving money to anyone recently.
Previously in April 2016, Sarkar and Moore purchased a $500,000 life insurance policy, insuring Sarkar’s life. Moore was listed as the primary beneficiary. Two of Sarkar’s daughters were listed as contingent beneficiaries. The policy was later changed to remove Sarkar’s daughters as contingent beneficiaries, and adding Moore’s son as the lone contingent beneficiary.