Chennai: A 37-year-old alone at home was found murdered with her throat slit in her apartment bedroom in Chromepet by her cousin on Tuesday evening.
The deceased, Krishnaveni, wife of Jaya Murugan, software professional, was alone at her first floor flat on Nellaiyappar street Bharathipuram when the killer gained entry.
Police said they are yet to ascertain the motive behind the murder and that they are ascertaining the details of valuable missing from the house.
Krishnaveni was supposed to pick her two children from school in the evening. As she failed to turn up, the school authorities contacted her husband at his office. He, in turn, informed her cousin who was staying in the same neighbourhood.
Krishnaveni's cousin, Sundar, who went to check found her dead with throat slit. Police said there was no forced entry into the house. Her son Kamal Karthik is a class VII student while daughter Anuksha is in class II.
Police whisked them away to their grandparents' house when the kids were brought back from school. A police sniffer dog went to a flat in the same neighborhood and came back.
Neighbours said that somebody had visited the house around noon and nearly one hour later they could hear Tamil songs at high volume from the TV of the victim's house, which was rare. Police have not ruled out sexual assault and it could even be a person known to her. The ornaments she was wearing were found intact.
