{"id":460707,"date":"2026-09-11T16:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460707\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T16:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:56:11","slug":"anila-baby-charged-with-two-first-degree-murders-in-san-jose-and-milpitas-11-outlets-compared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460707\/","title":{"rendered":"Anila Baby Charged With Two First-Degree Murders In San Jose And Milpitas: 11 outlets compared"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two murders, same day<\/p>\n

Anila Baby, a 32-year-old Milpitas woman, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder tied to the stabbing death of Ann Mary Mathew at a residence in San Jose, California, and the death of Anjana Hari in Milpitas, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney\u2019s Office and San Jos\u00e9 Police Department.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnila Baby, a former resident of Tazhakkavayal in Kottayam\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TheThe South First<\/a><\/p>\n

The San Jose case began after officers responded to a report of a \u201csuspicious circumstance\u201d in the 700 block of Linda Vista Street at about 1:53 pm on August 28, where they found an unconscious and unresponsive adult woman who was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

\"Image\"CBSCBS News<\/a><\/p>\n

Investigators said the victim, Ann Mary Mathew, had suffered at least one stab wound and that the death was a homicide, and they quickly identified Baby as a suspect after determining the victim and Baby were known to each other.<\/p>\n

About 90 minutes later, Milpitas police said officers responded to a reported hit-and-run at about 12:01 pm at the Mill Creek Apartments at 440 Dixon Landing Road, where witnesses reported seeing a blue SUV leave the area following the collision.<\/p>\n

Deputy District Attorney Marisa McKeown said, \u201cBoth women were mothers. They are residents of our community, and their families are suffering terribly from the ultimate question of \u2018Why would someone do this?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Court, evidence, and deleted video<\/p>\n

Investigators probing the twin murders of two Malayalee women, allegedly by their close friend Anila Baby, found that video recordings from victim Ann Mary Mathew\u2019s home had been deleted around the time she was killed, according to ABC7 News as cited by The Federal.<\/p>\n

Left out by 9 of 11who reported it<\/p>\n

Mathew\u2019s missing cell phone was found in Baby\u2019s SUV. Reported by The Mercury News and East Bay Times.<\/p>\n

The Federal also reported that Anila\u2019s sandals were found outside the victim\u2019s residence, and that prosecutors allege Ann was strangled and stabbed at her home on Linda Vista Street in San Jose on August 28.<\/p>\n

\"Image\"EastEast Bay Times<\/a><\/p>\n

In Milpitas, prosecutors alleged that Anjana Hari was struck by a vehicle after walking in front of it, and The Federal said Baby was arrested after she allegedly attempted to flee the Milpitas scene in her vehicle.<\/p>\n

CBS News said San Jose police were called to Linda Vista Street around 1:50 p.m. on Aug. 28 on reports of a \u201csuspicious circumstance,\u201d and that investigators determined the victim and suspect were known to each other.<\/p>\n

Deputy District Attorney Marisa McKeown told ABC7 News, \u201cWe believe that these were willful, premeditated and extremely violent crime scenes,\u201d as quoted by The Federal.<\/p>\n

Next hearing and legal stakes<\/p>\n

KTLA reported that Baby is accused of intentionally running over Anjana Hari, 35, in the parking lot of the Mill Creek Apartments at 440 Dixon Canyon Road in Milpitas, and that the incident occurred just before noon on Aug. 28.<\/p>\n

KTLA also said that barely two hours later, at 1:53 p.m., San Jose Police Department officers responded to a residence in the 700 block of Linda Vista Street, where they found an unconscious and unresponsive adult female who was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

KTVU reported that Baby remains in custody at the Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of deliberately running over and killing Hari on Aug. 28, and that San Jose police said a woman was found dead inside her home near Linda Vista Street and Holly Drive after an unexpected visitor arrived around 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

If convicted, Baby could face a sentence of 50 years to life in prison, and The Federal said she faces two counts of first-degree murder and that the charges are allegations with no conviction yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two murders, same day Anila Baby, a 32-year-old Milpitas woman, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[181662,723,170743,117445,170742,170741,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-460707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-anila-baby-charged-with-two","tag-crime","tag-media-analysis","tag-media-bias","tag-news-compared","tag-news-comparison","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}