ALAPPUZHA: The bloodstains found at the house of serial killing suspect Sebastian in Pallipuram near Cherthala belong to Jainamma, an Ettumanoor resident who went missing last December, the forensic laboratory in Thiruvananthapuram has confirmed.
Crime branch officials said the DNA from the bloodstains, recovered from one of the rooms in a search at Sebastian’s house, matched with the samples taken from Jainamma’s siblings. The crime branch is now considering her disappearance as a murder case. An officer said the human remains recovered from the premises of the house have been sent for DNA test and the result is awaited.
Earlier, it was found that the gold ornaments Sebastian had pledged belonged to Jainamma, who went missing on December 23, 2024. The probe team said Jainamma had been wearing gold ornaments weighing around 10 sovereigns at the time of her disappearance. Investigators suspect Sebastian killed her with to steal the jewellery.
Meanwhile, Sebastian has been sent to judicial remand after his police custody ended on Wednesday. Though the police have collected some evidence and information from him, he has not revealed more details about the alleged murder.
The crime branch team from Alappuzha is also conducting a parallel investigation into the disappearance of Bindhu Padmanabhan of Kadakkarapally and Ayesha of Varanad.
Earlier, the police had found that Sebastian forged some documents to sell the properties owned by Bindhu. However, no clues have yet emerged to link him to her disappearance.
Sebastian killed Bindhu: Neighbour
Sebastian and his friend drugged and murdered Bindhu Padmanabhan for her property, a neighbour of the missing woman claimed on Thursday.
Sasikala, Bindhu’s neighbour, told reporters that Sebastian killed Bindhu with the help of his friend Franklin. She said his associate, ‘Soda Ponnappan’, had confided in her about the crime.
An audio recording of his confession, which has been circulating on social media, has been handed over to the crime branch. It said the murder was committed to seize Bindhu’s property. It said Bindhu was given alcohol and drugs and lured to the bathroom where she was killed by the duo.
Franklin, who has been living in Cherthala since 2012, reportedly established contacts in the region through real estate dealings. He is said to have created relationships with women living alone, and together with Sebastian, engaged in multiple land transactions.