Indian-origin woman arrested for killing 2 Malayali friends in U.S.
An Indian-origin woman, Anila Baby, has been arrested in California for the murders of two friends in separate incidents. Prosecutors have charged her with two counts of first-degree murder following investigations into the deaths in San Jose and Milpitas.
Why it matters
This is a significant criminal case involving the Indian diaspora in the United States, drawing attention to domestic violence and interpersonal crime.
An Indian-origin woman has been arrested for killing two of her friends, allegedly stabbing one and running over the other with her car, in separate incidents in California, U.S. , authorities said.
The 32-year-old Indian-origin woman, 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 U.S. state of California located less than 20 kilometres apart.
Investigators later linked the two killings and identified Baby as the suspect, the ABC7 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.
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