NEW DELHI, April 23 -- "You have been sitting in dad's official car with a red beacon. You will soon sit in mine," the woman who was allegedly raped and murdered by a former domestic help in Kailash Hills had once said, her aunt recalled on Wednesday. The 22-year-old wanted to become a civil servant, just like her father, and her family believed she would clear the hard-to-crack examinations, scheduled in May, on her first attempt.

"She was so full of life. She just wanted to make her parents proud," the aunt said, describing the 22-year-old with tears in her eyes.

The woman is survived by her father, a 55-year-old civil servant; her mother, a dentist; and her 25-year-old brother who has a Master's in Business Administration and is curr...