According to the local police on Sunday, the body of a Pakistani-American woman, who investigators believe was killed by her former husband over a property dispute, was brought to the city of Rawalpindi for further investigation. 

Wajiha Swati, a US citizen of Pakistan origin, was reported missing since mid-October. She arrived in Pakistan to settle the issues with her ex-husband, Rizwan Habib.

Habib was arrested on suspicion of murder last week, said Sajid Kiyani, Rawalpindi’s police chief. He said Habib confessed this Saturday of killing Swati after four days of interrogation and opening up about killing her on the day she arrived in the city.

Swati’s body was found in Lakki Marwat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the police said.

“Police have exhumed the body from a house in Lakki Marwat’s Peezo area, where the suspect led the police after confessing (to) the murder,” Kiyani said.

Habib’s initial court appearance was all set for Monday, but he could not get to the court, and it was not immediately clear if he had any legal representation.

Police said a complaint was initially filed about Swati’s disappearance, and during the subsequent investigation, US Embassy officials contacted police to assist in finding her. It was not clear where Swati resided.

Kiyani said Habib managed to convince Swati to return to Pakistan. Police also believed he picked her ex-wife at the airport, abducted her, and killed her with the help of his father and another man. Police also arrested both of them.

Investigators believed her former husband killed Swati in a dispute over their property. Kiyani said police retrieved the body from a house that an employee of Habib owned.