An American man under investigation for counselling depressed Carleton University student Nadia Kajouji to commit suicide admits he urged at least four others via the Internet to end their misery in suicide, according to a police affidavit.

But Peter Panos, a department spokesman, said Sunday because of the unusual and sensitive nature of the case, investigators are proceeding slower than initially anticipated.

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SOURCE - Like Top nuclear expert missing in India Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom “The investigation is being handled at a very high level due to the sensitive nature of the case,” an investigating officer said. “At the moment it is a complete mystery and we are looking at every possibility.

“There are man-eating leopards in the jungle so that is a possibility and we are of course looking into whether he has been kidnapped too. There are four separate teams searching for clues and we hope to make a breakthrough soon.”

A 33-year-old Dunsmuir man was arrested Wednesday afternoon on a warrant charging him with rape, kidnapping, assault, attempted murder and other crimes, two weeks after a seriously injured woman was rescued from his camp along the Sacramento River.

An extensive investigation identified Marsala and determined that he was an acquaintance of the woman. He had forced her from her home several months ago, beginning a torturous ordeal, investigators said, but they declined to release details because of the sensitive nature of the case.