Late September, when Jessy’s children who lived abroad couldn’t contact their mother, they realised something was amiss. Jessy and their father, who lived in Kerala’s Kottayam, were estranged and were involved in an acrimonious court case, and the family feared the worst. Days later, these fears were realised — Jessy’s body was found in a gorge some 60 km from home, allegedly dumped there by their father.

On October 3, police arrested Kappadakunnel Sam George, 59, for killing Jessy, 49. The estranged couple, according to the police, lived separately under the same roof in Kottayam’s Kanakkary village, and Sam was allegedly upset when she questioned him about his relationship with other women. A former IT professional who worked in Bengaluru and the Middle East, Sam had taken up a post-g

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