Kerala Woman And Children Found Dead, Police Suspect Murder-Suicide

A devastating case of apparent murder-suicide unfolded in Kerala's Kasaragod district when a 34-year-old woman was found dead along with her two sons aged four and nine, on Tuesday, April 9. The local police at Cheemni police station have reported another unsettling murder-suicide case. 

The local police suspect a murder-suicide case after recovering the bodies of the woman and her two sons on Tuesday afternoon, as the initial reports suggested the two children were poisoned before their deaths while the body of the woman was discovered hanging in the residence. 

Woman and Children Found Dead, Police Probe Murder-Suicide Theory

The deceased woman identified as a 34-year-old, was a UD Clerk at Gram Panchayat and the wife of a KSEB official. The couple had two sons, aged nine and four, who were discovered poisoned on Tuesday, which sparked suspicion of the apparent murder of the two by their mother before she committed suicide herself. 

No suicide notes have been reported to have been recovered and the official cause of death has yet to be confirmed by the authorities. A thorough investigation is underway, and everyone is perplexed to know what could be the reason for a mother to take such a devastating step.

While the specifics are still unclear, there are strong suspicions surrounding the events leading to the deaths. Authorities are focusing on the unsettling possibility that, amid undisclosed struggles, the woman may have taken the drastic step of ending the lives of her children before succumbing to her own troubles.

The police officials are tight-lipped about details surrounding the incident and the possible motive of the woman, while authorities stated to be examining the scene and collecting evidence along with statements of relatives and neighbours to get to the root cause of the deaths of the three. 

No information has been released regarding the husband's current whereabouts or his involvement in the events while the family lived in a rented house under the Cheemeni police precinct.