A breakthrough in the Koodatai serial murder case

A crucial turning point in the Koodatai murder case that created a stir in Kerala. According to the National Forensic Lab report, no cyanide or poison was found in the four bodies that were exhumed and tested. The forensic report contains shocking information. This report, which brings relief to Jolie, may become a huge headache for the prosecution.

The dead bodies of Annamma Thomas, Tom Thomas, Manjadiil Mathew and Alfine were examined. They died between 2002 and 2014. In 2019, their remains were exhumed and sent for examination. The prosecution case is that Jolly, the first accused, killed Annamma Thomas by using dog kill poison and three others by giving cyanide. Meanwhile, the presence of cyanide was found earlier in the bodies of Roy Thomas and Seeley.

The charges against Joly are murder, conspiracy and forgery. The charges of conspiracy and incitement have been charged against the other accused, MS Mathew and Prajikumar. The charge against the fourth accused Manoj is that he helped prepare a fake will to steal the property of the Ponnamattam family.

The case is as follows: The six deaths that would have remained as deaths were found to be murders due to the fake will prepared to steal the property and the complaint filed in connection with it. Jolly, the daughter-in-law of Ponnamatt, killed six people to get the property. The first murder was in 2002. Annama Thomas collapsed and died after eating mutton soup.

Annamma’s husband Tom Thomas died six years later, and her son Roy Thomas three years later. The fourth death was Annamma Thomas’s brother M.M. It was Matthew’s. The following month, Jolie’s second husband Shaju’s one-year-old daughter Alfine died. Shaju’s wife Sili also died in 2016. In this, the death of Roy Thomas raised doubts. The postmortem report found the presence of cyanide, but concluded that it was suicide. Roy’s brother, Rojo Thomas, had forwarded a complaint regarding the fake identity card to the Vadakara Rural SP.

Rural SP K.G. After three months of investigation led by Simon, the graves were finally opened and the bodies were exhumed and examined. Later, Jolly, his friend MS Mathew who collected cyanide for Jolly. Prijukumar, the goldsmith who supplied the cyanide, was also arrested. The presence of cyanide was found in the body of Roy Thomas. A charge sheet was filed in six cases. The indictment states that five of these deaths were caused by cyanide.