Nun's body found inside well in Kerala convent

Thiruvananthapuram: The body of a nun has been found in a well, inside a convent, in Kerala’s Kollam on Sunday.

The nun has been identified as 54-year old Susan Mathew. An investigation has been launched to find out how the nun died.

Susan was teaching at St. Stephens School in Kollam’s Pathanapuram, about 80 km from the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. She had been teaching at the school for the past 12 years.

At around 9 am, workers at the Mount Tabor Convent saw blood stains near the well, reports said. Later they found the body floating in the well.

Both the school and the Convent, is run by the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church, based in Kottayam.