{"id":63437,"date":"2018-09-10T06:45:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T06:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/?p=63437"},"modified":"2018-09-11T06:48:41","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T06:48:41","slug":"kerala-nuns-body-recovered-from-well-cops-suspect-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/?p=63437","title":{"rendered":"Kerala: Nun\u2019s body recovered from well, cops suspect\u00a0suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The police officer said the nun\u2019s family members have not raised suspicion about her death and they were aware about her health issues.<\/span><\/h2>\n

A nun\u2019s body was found inside a well in the premises of Mount Thabore Dayara Convent at Pathanapuram in Kollam rural district on Sunday. Police identified the nun as Soosan Mathew (54), belonging to Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, who taught at a Church-run school at Pathanapuram. The nun\u2019s body was found by other residents of the convent.<\/span><\/p>\n

The nun did not attend the daily Mass on Sunday. Other nuns, after they returned from the Mass, began searching the convent premises for her. After some time, they spotted the body in the well and alerted the authorities. The body was fished out by rescue teams in the presence of officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kollam (rural) SP B Asokan said preliminary investigation suggests that Mathew committed suicide.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA case of unnatural death has been registered. She was suffering from various health ailments and was undergoing treatment. It seems she was depressed over persisting health problems,\u201d said Asokan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The SP said the police will be able to reach a conclusion about the cause of her death after getting the post-mortem report. \u201cThere are cut injuries on both her hands. We have also recovered a razor from her room. There were blood stains in her room and on the way from her room to the well,\u201d the SP said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe body was shifted to the medical college hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, where a postmortem will be conducted on Monday,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The police officer said the nun\u2019s family members have not raised suspicion about her death and they were aware about her health issues.\u00a0Malankara Orthodox Church trustee Fr M O John said Mathew was suffering from several health issues, including insomnia and Thyroid.<\/span><\/p>\n

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