Anila Baby (left) appeared in court in connection with charges of murdering her friends, Ann Matthew (middle) and Anjana Hari. 33-year-old Anila Baby, an Indian woman residing in Milpitas, California, appeared in Santa Clara County court for the first time Thursday after she was charged with two murders. Both the murdered women were believed to be her “best friends”. Both murders were executed on the same day, 90 minutes apart. Baby faces two counts of first-degree murder and a potential sentence of 50 years to life if convicted.“Both women were mothers. They are residents of our community, and their families are suffering terribly from the ultimate question of ‘Why would someone do this?'” Deputy District Attorney Marisa McKeown said. McKeown said prosecutors believe the killings were deliberate.“These are extremely serious charges. We believe that these were willful, premeditated and extremely violent crime scenes,” she said. Murders of Ann Mary Mathew and Anjana Hari on August 28 On August 28, Mathew was at her home on Linda Vista Street in San Jose when an unexpected guest arrived at the door. Mathew was later found dead inside the house by her husband. Investigators determined that she had been strangled and stabbed. Police identified Baby as the suspect and said the two women knew each other.Investigators also found that video recordings from Mathew’s home had been deleted around the time of the attack. Baby’s sandals were reportedly seen outside the residence, according to investigators.About 90 minutes later, prosecutors alleged, Baby attacked her second friend, Hari, in the parking lot of the Mill Creek Apartments in Milpitas. Hari, 35, lived at the same apartment complex and was friends with Baby.According to investigators, Hari walked toward Baby’s vehicle in the parking lot. Prosecutors alleged that Baby then accelerated the SUV and deliberately struck Hari, killing her. Earlier reports said witnesses saw Hari appearing relaxed and smiling as she approached the vehicle. Investigators also found evidence that several other vehicles were damaged in the incident.Baby allegedly fled the scene in the SUV before police found her in a nearby parking lot. Officers said she appeared incoherent and had blood on her arms and legs. She was arrested. Source link Post Views: 3 Post navigation In 1902, Hawaii introduced red mangroves to stabilize shorelines; 124 years later, the invasive trees clog waterways and degrade habitat used by endangered native waterbirds While surveying a California creek for threatened red-legged frogs, a scientist spotted what looked like a rock; it was an intact mastodon molar estimated to be 10,000 years old
