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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jasmine Fernández

Motive remains unclear after 32-year-old is accused of murdering her two best friends

  • Anila Baby, 32, appeared in a Santa Clara County court after being charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of two mothers in California.
  • Prosecutors stated that the victims, Ann Mary Mathew and Anjana Hari, were best friends with the accused killer, though a motive has not been publicly identified.
  • The fatal attacks took place 90 minutes apart on August 28, with Mathew found strangled and stabbed in San Jose and Hari struck by a vehicle in Milpitas.
  • Police arrested Baby near the Milpitas scene covered in blood, after she allegedly attempted to flee in her vehicle.
  • Baby is being held without bail and is scheduled to enter a plea in court on November 17.

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