The Great Smoky Mountain Journal

Staff, Wire Reports

Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 06:32 PM

Ex-Boyfriend of Slain 20-Year Old University Of Pittsburgh Coed Eyed In Connection Of Woman's Murder

The ex-boyfriend of a slain 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh coed is being eyed in connection with the woman's murder, authorities said Tuesday, revealing the college student had recently filed a protection from abuse order against the man.

Pittsburgh Police are searching for 21-year-old Matthew Darby, who has not been charged in Alina Sheykhet's death, but faces rape charges in an unrelated case. He is potentially armed and dangerous, police said.

Darby was arrested Sept. 26 and charged with felony criminal trespass for allegedly breaking into Sheykhet's apartment.

Sheykhet filed a protection from abuse order after the incident, writing that Darby climbed up the gutter of her home and broke in through the second-floor window