Karkala : Lone woman murdered at Kukkundur

Mangalore Today News Network

Karkala, July 09, 2018: A woman identified as Florine Machado (50) was found murdered at her residence at Ayyappanagar in Kukkundur village on June 8, Sunday. She was all alone in the house when the incident occurred.

The murder came to light when one of her friends on not finding her at the Sunday mass at the Church visited her house  only to find her in a pool of blood. Money lending business is suspected to be the cause of the  murder.

The  deceased woman is the  wife of Antony D’Souza of Hukratte. Following a discord with her husband she was staying with one of her sons. On Saturday, her son had been to her husband’s place. Sources said there was some dispute over her money lending business   which might have culminated in the murder

Sources said she was also planning to fly abroad in the next few days.

Further investigations are in progress.