The body of a 37-year-old woman was found in a rubber plantation near Kattakada on Thursday.
The police identified the deceased as Maya Murali, 39, of Harvipuram, near Peroorkada. The body was found by a rubber tapper around 11.30 a.m.
The woman had been residing in a rented house at Kavuvila with her two daughters and her live-in partner, an autorickshaw driver named Renjith. Her husband had died in an accident eight years ago.