Rahul Gupta , 25 , is charged with 1:30am-degree murder after Mark Waugh , 23 , was found stabbed to death in Gupta 's apartment in Virginia . Gupta initially confessed to the 2013 crime saying he did it because Waugh was cheating with his girlfriend . But Gupta 's attorneys have claimed he only made the confession as he was protecting his now ex-girlfriend Taylor Gould , who had in fact killed Waugh . Taylor Gould says she was too drunk the night of the murder to remember .
Rahul Gupta , 25 , is charged with second-degree murder after Mark Waugh , 23 , was found stabbed to death in Gupta 's apartment in Virginia . Gupta initially confessed to the 2013 crime saying he did it because Waugh was cheating with his girlfriend . But Gupta 's attorneys have claimed he only made the confession as he was protecting his now ex-girlfriend Taylor Gould , who had in fact killed Waugh . Taylor Gould says she was too drunk the night of the murder to remember .