Six deaths in one family over 14 years. Police say they have found their killer: The daughter-in-law (Ep 100/101/102 on 2/3/4 Dec, 2019 Crime Patrol Satark Season 2)

Case 20/2019: Six murders in one family over 14 years by daughter-in-law Jolly Thomas
(Ep 100/101/102 on 2/3/4 Dec, 2919 Crime Patrol Satark Season 2)

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Six deaths in one family over 14 years. Police say they have found their killer: The daughter-in-law.

Jolly Amma Joseph, the widow of late Roy Thomas, was arrested by the police in connection with the deaths of six of her relatives who died under similar circumstances in Kozhikode. Jolly allegedly used cyanide-laced food or drinks to kill her kin.

Kerala police exhumed five bodies and conducted postmortem as part of the investigation, which was launched after a confidential complaint by one of her relatives. Jolly's mother-in-law Annamma Thomas died in 2002 after consuming mutton soup prepared by Jolly, allegedly mixed with cyanide. Jolly was present at the scene of all six alleged murders, and there was a similarity in the pattern of the deaths. The police suspect that financial motives prompted Jolly to commit the murders. However, Superintendent of Police KG Simon says there could be other factors which made her commit the crimes. Jolly had convinced her family members that she was a B.Tech graduate and lecturer at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Kozhikode. She allegedly used a fake photo ID card of the institute. The police have arrested two more persons in connection with the case so far, and the investigation is still on.

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