The body of a young mother missing for nearly two weeks was found Thursday slumped over inside her car, parked in the shadow of Philadelphia's busy 30th Street Station, as it collected parking tickets and snow.
Marple Township Chief of Police Tom Murray tells NBC10 Philadelphia the body of Nadia Malik was found inside her black Nissan along the unit block of S. 30th Street in Philadelphia around 12:15 p.m. on Thursday. That is behind the Internal Revenue Service's Philadelphia headquarters and across the street from Amtrak's 30th Street Station.
Murray says police have been searching for the 22-year-old mother of two from Marple Township, Pa. and her car since family reported her missing on Feb. 9.
Philadelphia Police Lt. John Walker says the woman's body was found slumped over in the passenger seat of the car, under a pile of books.
"There was a bookbag with stuff dumped out and on top of her," Walker said.
Walker said the car had been parked along 30th Street for 12 days and had multiple parking tickets attached to the windshield -- the first ticket dated Feb. 9. The car has darkly-tinted windows and was covered in snow most of the time it was parked along the street, he said.
A call was also placed to 911 at one point during that time complaining about the car, he said.
Police finally investigated the car after a tip caller recognized its description through media reports about the missing woman.
On Sunday, Malik's sister told NBC10.com she was on the phone with the woman, who was with her ex-boyfriend Bhupinder Singh at the time, when the phone suddenly cut off.
Singh, 25, was later arrested on a parole violation in Solon, Ohio. Authorities in Solon tell NBC10 they located him after tracing Malik's phone, which he was using. He has been questioned about Malik's disappearance, police said.
Police have not implicated Singh in the woman's death, but he is awaiting extradition back to Pennsylvania regarding the parole violation.
Walker said there were no visible signs of trauma or signs of foul play. The Philadelphia Medical Examiner will perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death, he said.
Philadelphia Police continue to investigate the incident.
Malik leaves behind a 3-year-old boy and 2-month-old daughter, her family tells NBC10. She was also a Pre-Med student at Temple University.
Photo: Nadia Malik
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