Kozhikode: Jolly Joseph 47, accused Koodathai serial murders case, has confessed to the crimes. Superintendent of police K G Simon, who is leading the investigation, told media on Sunday that Jolly admitted to her role in all the killings. Her motive was to acquire the family wealth to keep up her lavish lifetsyle. The police officer also expressed confidence of solving the case with the help of scientific and circumstantial evidence.

Six persons, including Jolly's first husband Roy, his parents Tom and Annama, his uncle Mathew, cousin's wife Sily and her two-year-old daughter Alphine died between 2002 to 2016 at Koodathai in the rural parts of Kozhikode ditsrict in North Kerala. A fresh investigation was initiated couple of months ago, after Roy's siblings flagged Jolly's attempts to siphon off Roy's family propetry by faking a will document. Jolly reportedly gained knowledge of the method of killing from media reports of suicides and deaths using cyanide and pesticides. Simon also said that reports of Jolly suffering from spychitaric problems were baseless.

The police say that in her confessions, Jolly had stated that she was inspired to use the lethal chemical after reading newspaper clippings and reports of cyanide deaths.