3 murders in 3 states: Spouses turn killers for insurance money, love affair

What happens when the murderer is not a stranger lurking in the shadows, but someone you trusted enough to let into your home, your family, even your life? Three murders across Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka appear, at first glance, to have little in common. Different states, different victims, different circumstances. Look closer, though, and a chilling pattern emerges. In each case, investigators say the killing was carried out with remarkable planning, with attempts made to disguise the real cause of death, mislead investigators and push suspicion elsewhere. Behind the elaborate cover-ups lay motives that were far more familiar: family disputes, fractured relationships and financial motives. What makes these cases particularly unsettling is not merely the manner in which the victims were killed, but who allegedly killed them.