A 68-year-old Kerala woman's brutal murder in 2014 remained unsolved for nearly a year until a crucial breakthrough connected it to another crime. Mary Lucas, who ran a paying guest business in Bengaluru's Banaswadi locality, was found dead on April 29, 2014, with her hands and mouth bound with brown tape. Her gold ornaments and cash were missing, but initial investigations hit a dead end with no CCTV footage, mobile data, or viable leads.

Police examined approximately 20-22 similar home-alone murders in the region, searching for patterns, but the case went cold. The turning point came in February 2015 when another murder occurred in the Varthur police station jurisdiction. A 65-year-old woman named Manjulamma was murdered using an identical modus operandi, her mouth, hands, and legs boun

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