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California woman charged with murder after ‘intentionally’ running friend over and fleeing the scene, also being investigated in killing of their mutual friend, hours earlier

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;280b0b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>What initially appeared to be a hit-and-run collision at a California apartment complex is now being investigated as a homicide <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;280b0b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Court documents revealed allegations that the driver intentionally struck and killed a woman in Milpitas&comma; California <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;280b0b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The victim&comma; 35-year-old Anjana Hari&comma; died at the scene and the <strong>driver later identified as Anila Baby&comma; 32&comma; has been charged with one count of murder <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;280b0b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Baby reportedly was friends with the victim as well as another woman Ann Mary Mathew&comma; 40&comma; who she has also been accused of killing on the same day<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;280b0b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Prosecutors allege the crimes involved great violence and they were carried out with planning and sophistication <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;09&sol;Anjana-Hari-and-Mary-Mathew-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-502488"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>School teacher Anjana Hari&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; was killed on August 28&comma; after she was hit by a car driven by a friend at her apartment complex&period; Police said the driver began the murder spree by going over to the home of Ann Mary Mathew &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; and stabbing the homeowner to death<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">What initially appeared to be a hit-and-run collision at an apartment complex in Milpitas&comma; California on August 28&comma; is now being investigated as part of a double-homicide involving three friends after court documents revealed allegations that the driver intentionally struck and killed a woman&period;<br>The main characters in the tragedy have been as Anjana Hari&comma; 35&comma; Ann Mary Mathew&comma; 40&comma; and 32-year-old Anila Baby&period; <br>The three women all of whom migrated to the US from the southern Indian state of Kerala&comma; formed a close friendship after finding themselves living in the same community in the California&period; <br>Their close knit friendship did not diminish even after Mathew and Baby had moved out of the apartment complex&period; However&comma; two of the women are now dead and the third has been charged with one count of murder&comma; in Santa Clara County Superior Court&comma; while On August 28&comma; police had responded to Mill Creek Apartments on Dixon Landing Road after receiving reports that a blue SUV had struck a pedestrian and fled the scene&period; <br>Investigators later concluded the incident was an intentional act and began investigating it as a murder&period;<br>The victim&comma; identified by friends and community members as Anjana Hari&comma; died at the scene&period; <br>The driver who fled the scene after running her over witnesses identified as 32-year-old Anila Baby&comma; a dear friend of the victim and a former resident of the apartment complex&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;09&sol;Anila-Baby-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-502480" style&equals;"width&colon;837px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>and run driver Anila Baby&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; has been charged with one count of murder&period; Cops say Anila ran over her friend Anjana with &&num;8216&semi;malice aforethought&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong>&period; <strong>She&&num;8217&semi;s also charged with the stabbing death of their mutual friend Ann Mary Mathew&comma; hours earlier<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The criminal complaint filed by the Santa Clara County District Attorney&&num;8217&semi;s Office charges Anila Baby&comma; 32&comma; with murder&period;<br>Cops say Baby ran over Hari with &&num;8216&semi;malice aforethought&&num;8217&semi;&period; Prosecutors also allege the crimes involved great violence and carried out with planning and sophistication&period;<br>Investigators said before the vehicular murder Baby had gone to the San Jose Residence of Mary Mathew and stabbed her to death&period;<br>She then phoned Hari and asked her to come down from her apartment&period; <br>The vehicle stopped in the apartment complex parking lot witnesses told investigators&period; Then the unsuspecting mother-of-one was seen approaching her friends blue Toyota Highlander smiling and waving&period;<br>The witness told police that when Hari moved in front of the vehicle&comma; &&num;8220&semi;the vehicle suddenly accelerated&&num;8221&semi; and struck her&period; Continuing its acceleration&comma; the vehicle hit three parked cars as the driver fled the complex&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;09&sol;Mill-Creek-Apartments-on-Dixon-Landing-Road-in-Milpitas-California-1-1024x545&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-502476"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The apparent hit and run happened at Mill Creek Apartments on Dixon Landing Road in Milpitas&comma; California <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;09&sol;Anjana-Hari-Mary-Mathew-and-Anila-Baby-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-502484"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Anjana Hari&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; Ann Mary Mathew &lbrack;center&rsqb; and Anila Baby&comma; all recent immigrants from India were friends&comma; after finding themselves neighbors in Milpitas&comma;California&period; Anila Baby has been charged with murdering both her friends on August 28&comma; days after they got together and watched a movie<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">According to investigators&comma; the suspect vehicle was later located at a Walgreens less than a mile from the apartment complex&period;<br>Police found Baby inside the damaged blue Toyota Highlander&period; <br>Court documents state she appeared &&num;8220&semi;incoherent&&num;8221&semi; and had &&num;8220&semi;visible injuries and blood on her arms and legs&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br>Witness accounts and physical evidence led investigators to conclude the collision was intentional&period; <br>A traffic officer who reviewed the scene reported finding no tire marks indicating an attempt to brake before impact&period;<br>In the statement of facts supporting the charge&comma; investigators wrote that they believe Baby &&num;8220&semi;intentionally&&num;8221&semi; struck the victim with <br>Friends of Hari have launched a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gofundme&period;com&sol;f&sol;support-vijesh-after-tragic-loss&quest;cp&lowbar;src&equals;d&amp&semi;chat&lowbar;id&equals;IW1lbWJlcnMtbDczN1dYMEtHUnpMZl9VejhNTnJIYU85LTd0TjNfcEVYRmxDUDJrQW9oQQ&percnt;3D&percnt;3D" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">GoFundMe campaign<&sol;a> to support her husband following her death&period;<br>The suspect is being held without bond&period; Her next court appearance is scheduled for September 10&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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