KOZHIKODE: There are indications that the police have secured pieces of evidence confirming the death of six members in a family in Koodathayi as murder. Three including a woman is under police scanner. The woman was present at spots where all six persons died. The other two helped her. Personal vendetta and the desire for assets lead to the murder, the investigation team assumes.

The Crime Branch recorded the statement of the woman under observation six times. The police sources said that the death of all six was after consuming cyanide in small quantity as traces of it was found in their body. The police also noticed the difference in the statements of the accused. It was also found that all six consumed mutton soup after which they collapsed to their death.

The accused woman, who is a close relative, forged fake documents of the assets after the death of family members. This proved to be the key to the case investigation.

The Crime Branch on Friday exhumed the dead remains to subject them to scientific tests. The police action was on a petition expressing doubts over the deaths.