Kerala Woman Charged With Murder For Killing 2 Friends In US

A 32-year-old woman from Kerala has been charged with two counts of murder for killing two of her friends, allegedly stabbing one and running over the other with her car, in separate incidents in California, authorities said. 

Anila Baby, allegedly killed her two friends, Ann Mary Mathew, 35, and Anjana Hari, 35, in separate attacks within about 90 minutes of each other, according to police and media reports. The accused and the two victims were friends and trace their roots to Kerala.

The killings occurred on August 28 in San



Jose and Milpitas, two South Bay cities in the US state of California located less than 20 kilometres apart. Investigators later linked the two killings and identified Baby as the suspect, the News reported. 

Baby was arrested the same day and initially charged in the Milpitas killing. However, on September 8, prosecutors also charged her with murder in Mathew's death.

"The motive and circumstances surrounding the event are still under investigation," the San Jose Police Department (SJPD) said in a statement on Thursday.