A common friend of two Malayali women killed in California has been arrested in connection with their deaths, which police are treating as a double homicide, according to authorities.
Their friend, Anila, 32, originally from Moonnilavu in Kottayam, who also lived in the same apartment complex, has been taken into custody. The incident took place on August 28, according to police and local reports. Investigators traced a damaged blue SUV matching witness descriptions to a nearby parking lot, and its 32-year-old driver was arrested.
Around noon that day, the Milpitas Police Department received a call about a hit-and-run collision in a parking lot near the Mill Creek Apartments on Dixon Landing Road. Officers found a woman with severe injuries at the scene; she was later declared dead. Police have not yet made public a clear account of the sequence connecting the two deaths, and the investigation remains ongoing.
She is survived by her family; her last visit to Kerala was in 2023. Ann worked as a computer teacher in the US and is survived by her husband Jacob and their two children.
