KOTTAYAM: 31-year old Ajesh, who murdered 15-year old girl in Kottayam was a regular visitor of the victim’s house, and a close friend of the victim’s father. The girl fell in love with Ajesh during his visits to her house. They also made regular phone calls to each other, however, the girl and her family were not aware of this.

Post-mortem report states that the girl was murdered by suffocating her. It is also said in the report that she was raped before murder. The samples of her internal organs are collected. More details can only be revealed after the evaluation of these organs at forensic lab in Thiruvananthapuram, clarified investigation officer Kottayam east CI T R Jiju.

The girl had gone missing on Thursday afternoon. Her body was found on Saturday.

The body was found by Arkkunnam SI Anoop Jose.