Rice noodle dishes are some of the most popular at Asian restaurants—pad see ew, pad Thai, pho, and mei fun—but cooking them at home can be tricky if you’re not familiar with their quirks.

Police sources revealed that Gurumurthy tried to erase evidence by dismembering her body in their bathroom. He then used a pressure cooker to boil the remains and a pestle to grind the bones. Over the ...