'Tastes like cough syrup': Telangana techie's wife sent text hours before death in US
A murder investigation in Washington state has revealed that a tech worker allegedly killed his wife shortly after their wedding. Evidence includes text messages about a bitter-tasting smoothie and digital communication with another woman.
Why it matters
The case highlights the intersection of domestic violence and digital evidence in criminal investigations.
HYDERABAD: A message sent by 27-year-old Raajitha Sabbineni to her husband on the day she died — saying that the smoothie he had prepared tasted bitter, "like cough syrup" — has emerged as a key piece of evidence in what US authorities now allege was a murder disguised as a sudden death.What was initially reported as the unexplained death of the newly married woman has since turned into a homicide investigation, with US authorities arresting her 30-year-old husband, Avinash Narne, a software engineer from Telangana, on charges of allegedly strangling her just four months after their wedding.According to investigators, Raajitha had also told a friend in the days leading up to her death that her husband had served her a "bitter-tasting" smoothie.
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