A 30-year-old woman was found stabbed to death inside her house in broad daylight in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala on Tuesday (January 21, 2025), the police said.
The police rushed to the scene after receiving information and found Athira, 30, the wife of a priest working at a nearby temple, dead with a deep cut on her neck.
The police said that the attacker had stabbed her on the side of the neck and then dragged the knife, severing her jugular vein. The Kadinamkulam police said they were informed about the incident around 11.30 a.m.
They believe it happened sometime after her husband left for the temple at 5 a.m.
The police suspect that a young man from Ernakulam, who had befriended the woman through a social media platform, could be the attacker. They said the woman had been in contact with the man for some time, and he visited her house after her husband left for work.
Fled on woman’s scooter
There are no CCTV cameras near her house at Kadinamkulam, and the police are investigating to locate the suspect. They added that the man fled on the woman’s scooter.
Athira was a homemaker and is survived by her eight-year-old son.
